Perry Township, Logan County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

40°21′2″N 83°34′15″W / 40.35056°N 83.57083°W / 40.35056; -83.57083CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyLoganArea

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• Total26.80 sq mi (69.42 km²) • Land26.76 sq mi (69.30 km²) • Water0.05 sq mi (0.12 km²)Elevation

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1,093 ft (333 m)Population

(2020)^[3]

• Total986 • Density37/sq mi (14/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code(s)937, 326FIPS code39-61938^[4]GNIS feature ID1086490^[2]Websitewww.perrytownship.net

Perry Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 986.

Geography

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

Part of the village of West Mansfield is located in northeastern Perry Township, and the unincorporated community of East Liberty lies in the township's south.

Name and history

Perry Township was organized in 1830,^[5] and named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.^[6] It is one of 25 Perry Townships statewide.^[7]

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.

Transportation

Important highways in Perry Township include U.S. Route 33 and State Routes 292, 347, and 540.

References

^ "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: County Subdivisions: Ohio". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Perry township, Logan County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ History of Logan County and Ohio: Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. O.L. Baskin. 1880. p. 247.
^ Kilbourn, John (1833). The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary. Scott and Wright. p. 366. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.