Bearfield Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Perry County

Perry County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,412 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,399 people in the township, 1,745 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• York Township, Morgan County
  York Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  York Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 958 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Deerfield Township, Morgan County
  Deerfield Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Deerfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 802 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*York Township - north...
  
   - east
• Union Township, Morgan County
  Union Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 607 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Deerfield Township - north...
  
   - southeastern corner
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,565 people in the township, 926 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 794 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Pike Township
  Pike Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Pike Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,595 people in the township, 1,906 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  - west

No municipalities are located in Bearfield Township.

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.