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Perry Township, Brown County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Perry Township, Brown County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Towards Fayetteville, Ohio from the north.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Countryside in central Perry Township, with Fayetteville in the middle
image_map	Map of Brown County Ohio Highlighting Perry Township.png
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Perry Township in Brown County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Brown
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	153.0
area_land_km2	152.2
area_water_km2	0.8
population_as_of	2020
population_total	4674
population_density_km2	auto
population_density_sq_mi	auto
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	286
elevation_ft	938
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-61770
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1085801

Perry Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,674 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the far northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

Marion Township, Clinton County - north, west of Jefferson Township
Jefferson Township, Clinton County - north, east of Marion Township
Dodson Township, Highland County - east, north of Salem Township
Salem Township, Highland County - east, south of Dodson Township
Green Township - south, east of Sterling Township
Sterling Township - south, west of Green Township
Jackson Township, Clermont County - west, south of Wayne Township
Wayne Township, Clermont County - west, north of Jackson Township

The most northerly township in Brown County, it is the only part of the county to border Clinton County.

The village of Fayetteville is located in central Perry Townships, and the census-designated places of St. Martin and Lake Lorelei lie in the township's northeast and west.

Name and history

Perry Township was formed in 1815.

It is one of twenty-six Perry 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 fiscal officer, 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

(2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
"Perry township, Brown County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
(1883). "The History of Brown County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc.". Higginson Book Company.
(2000). "Detailed map of Ohio". [[United States Census Bureau]].
[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the [[Ohio Revised Code]]. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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