PERRY TOWNSHIP, PIKE COUNTY, OHIO

Municipalities and townships of Pike County.

'Perry Township' is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 913 people in the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

Geography


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

★ Paxton Township, Ross County - north

★ Benton Township - east

★ Mifflin Township - southeast

★ Brushcreek Township, Highland County - west

★ Paint Township, Highland County - northwest
No municipalities are located in Perry Township, although the unincorporated community of Cynthiana lies in the northwestern part of the township.

Name and history


It is one of twenty-six Perry Townships statewide.

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References


1. Pike County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links



★ Pike County visitors bureau website

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