Harrison Township, Pickaway County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Harrison Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Pickaway County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Pickaway

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area_total_km2 = 72.5
area_land_km2 = 71.6
area_water_km2 = 0.9
area_total_sq_mi = 28.0
area_land_sq_mi = 27.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.4

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 6424
population_density_km2 = 89.7
population_density_sq_mi = 232.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 214
elevation_ft = 702
latd = 39 |latm = 43 |lats = 49 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 58 |longs = 12 |longEW = W

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Harrison Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,424 people in the township, 2,071 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39129 Pickaway County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Hamilton Township, Franklin County - north
*Madison Township, Franklin County - northeast corner
*Madison Township - east
*Walnut Township - southeast
*Jackson Township - southwest
*Scioto Township - west

Two incorporated villages are located in Harrison Township: Ashville in the southeast, and South Bloomfield in the southwest.

Name and history

It is one of nineteen Harrison Townships statewide.

Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township clerk, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.pickaway.com County website]