Harrison Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Perry County

Perry County, Ohio

Perry County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. Founded on March 1, 1818, it was the 55th county to be formed in Ohio. Portions of Fairfield, Washington and Muskingum Counties were taken to create Perry County. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,058. Its county seat...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 5,399 people in the township, 1,745 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Newton Township, Muskingum County
  Newton Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Newton Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,402 people in the township, 5,186 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Clay Township, Muskingum County
  Clay Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Clay Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,038 people in the township, 273 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• 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:...
  
   - southeast
• Bearfield Township
  Bearfield Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Bearfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,412 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Harrison Township - north...
  
   - south
• 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:...
  
   - southwest
• Clayton Township
  Clayton Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Clayton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,432 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

Several populated places are located in Harrison Township:

• The village of Crooksville
  Crooksville, Ohio
  Crooksville is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States, along Moxahala Creek. The population was 2,483 at the 2000 census. It is the home of Hull pottery, one of the best known Ohio potteries.-Geography:...
  
  , in the east
• Part of the village of Roseville
  Roseville, Ohio
  Roseville is a village in Muskingum and Perry counties in the U.S. state of Ohio, along Moxahala Creek. The population was 1,936 at the 2000 census. Roseville is served by a branch of the Muskingum County Library System.-History:...
  
  , in the far northeast along the border with Muskingum County
• The unincorporated community
  Unincorporated area
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   of Milligan
  Milligan, Ohio
  Milligan is a small unincorporated community in southern Harrison Township, Perry County, Ohio, United States. Located on State Route 93 between Crooksville and New Lexington, it is now associated with the town of McLuney....
  
  , in the south

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.