Harrison Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Van Wert County, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,085 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the western part of the county along the Indiana

Indiana

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 line, it borders the following townships:

• Tully Township
  Tully Township, Van Wert County, Ohio
  Tully Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,119 people in the township, 1,009 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Union Township
  Union Township, Van Wert County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,009 people in the township, 805 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Van Wert County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,120 people in the township, 2,233 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Van Wert County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,696 people in the township, 912 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Willshire Township
  Willshire Township, Van Wert County, Ohio
  Willshire Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,719 people in the township, 1,057 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• St. Marys Township, Adams County, Indiana
  St. Marys Township, Adams County, Indiana
  Saint Marys Township is one of twelve townships in Adams County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,264.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Saint Marys Township covers an area of .-Political districts:...
  
   - southwest
• Union Township, Adams County, Indiana
  Union Township, Adams County, Indiana
  Union Township is one of twelve townships in Adams County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 974.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Union Township covers an area of .-Political districts:...
  
  - west

No municipalities are located within Harrison 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.