Harrison Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Champaign County

Champaign County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,890 people, 14,952 households, and 10,870 families residing in the county. The population density was 91 people per square mile . There were 15,890 housing units at an average density of 37 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 823 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Union Township, Logan County
  Union Township, Logan County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 787 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Harrison Township - north...
  
   - north
• Liberty Township, Logan County
  Liberty Township, Logan County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,126 people living in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Salem Township
  Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,307 people in the township, 2,296 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Concord Township
  Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Concord Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,408 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Harrison Township - north...
  
   - south
• Adams Township
  Adams Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,100 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Miami Township, Logan County
  Miami Township, Logan County, Ohio
  Miami Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,352 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Harrison Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Springhills

Springhills, Ohio

Springhills is an unincorporated community in northwestern Harrison Township, Champaign County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the intersection of State Route 245 with Crowl and Springhill-DeGraff Roads. Graves Creek, a subsidiary of the Great Miami River through Stony Creek, runs along the...

is located in the township's northwest.

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.

External links

• County website
• County & Township Map of Ohio (PDF object)