Perry Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Gallia County

Gallia County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 31,069 people, 12,060 households, and 8,586 families residing in the county. The population density was 66 people per square mile . There were 13,498 housing units at an average density of 29 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 1,276 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Raccoon Township
  Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  Raccoon Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,302 people in the township, 1,253 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Springfield Township
  Springfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  Springfield Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,181 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Green Township
  Green Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,514 people in township.-Geography:Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Springfield Township - north...
  
   - east
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,003 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Green Township - north...
  
   - southeast corner
• Walnut Township
  Walnut Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  Walnut Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 924 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Perry Township - north...
  
   - south
• Greenfield Township
  Greenfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  Greenfield Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 498 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Madison Township, Jackson County
  Madison Township, Jackson County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 2,171 people lived in the township, including 1,421 in its unincorporated areas.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

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

Unincorporated area

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 of Patriot

Patriot, Ohio

Patriot is an unincorporated community in southern Perry Township, Gallia County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45658....

is located in the township's southeast.

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