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Perry Township, Logan County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Perry Township, Logan County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	TRC Perry Township.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	The Transportation Research Center, a facility owned by Honda and the US government, occupies a large part of Perry Township.
image_map	OHmap-hilite-Perry Twp.png
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Perry Township in Ohio
image_map1	Map of Logan County Ohio Highlighting Perry Township.png
mapsize1	250px
map_caption1	Location of Perry Township in Logan County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Logan
unit_pref	Imperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	69.42
area_land_km2	69.30
area_water_km2	0.12
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	986
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	1093
coordinates
area_codes	937, 326
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-61938
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086490
website

Perry Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 986.

Geography

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

Bokes Creek Township - north
York Township, Union County - northeast
Liberty Township, Union County - east
Zane Township - south
Monroe Township - southwest corner
Jefferson Township - west
Rushcreek Township - northwest

Part of the village of West Mansfield is located in northeastern Perry Township, and the census-designated place of East Liberty lies in the township's south.

Name and history

Perry Township was organized in 1830, and named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. It is one of 25 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.

Transportation

Important highways in Perry Township include U.S. Route 33 and State Routes 292, 347, and 540.

References

"U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: County Subdivisions: Ohio".
"Perry township, Logan County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
(2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(1880). "History of Logan County and Ohio: Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time". O.L. Baskin.
Kilbourn, John. (1833). "The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary". Scott and Wright.
(2000). "Detailed map of Ohio". [[United States Census Bureau]].

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