Harrison Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Pickaway County

Pickaway County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 52,727 people, 17,599 households, and 13,287 families residing in the county. The population density was 105 people per square mile . There were 18,596 housing units at an average density of 37 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 6,424 people in the township, 2,071 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Hamilton Township, Franklin County
  Hamilton Township, Franklin County, Ohio
  Hamilton Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,950 people in the township, 4,467 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Madison Township, Franklin County
  Madison Township, Franklin County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 21,243 people in the township, 12,355 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,461 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Walnut Township
  Walnut Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Walnut Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,428 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 916 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Scioto Township - north...
  
   - southwest
• Scioto Township
  Scioto Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Scioto Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,165 people in the township, 8,120 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

Two incorporated villages are located in Harrison Township: Ashville

Ashville, Ohio

Ashville is a village in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,174 at the 2000 census.-History:A historical museum, Ohio's Small Town Museum, is operated in the community. The museum claims to be home to America's oldest working traffic light, which directed traffic in...

 in the southeast, and South Bloomfield

South Bloomfield, Ohio

South Bloomfield is a village in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,179 at the 2000 census.-Geography:South Bloomfield is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

in the southwest.

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.