Perry Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
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|population_total = 16318
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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Perry Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census reported 16,318 people living in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Green Township, Mahoning County - northeast
- Salem Township - southeast
- Butler Township - southwest
- Goshen Township, Mahoning County - northwest
It is the most northerly township in Columbiana County.
One city is located in Perry Township:
- The city of Salem, in the center
The census-designated place of Salem Heights is on the western edge of the township, along U.S. Route 62 (West State Street).
Name and history
{{US Census population
|1980= 17886
|1990= 17215
|2000= 17049
|2010= 16850
|2020= 16318
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Perry Township is named for Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the Battle of Lake Erie.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ONQyAQAAMAAJ | title=History of Columbiana County, Ohio and Representative Citizens | publisher=Biographical Publishing Company | author=McCord, William B. | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ONQyAQAAMAAJ/page/n306 317]}} It is one of twenty-six Perry Townships statewide.{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| work = | publisher = United States Census Bureau| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| format = PDF| accessdate =February 16, 2007}}
The township was organized in 1832.{{cite book |title=History of the upper Ohio Valley |volume=2 |first=Gibson Lamb |last=Cranmer |publisher=Brant & Fuller |location=Madison, Wisconsin |year=1891 |page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OGKgCxz8tG0C&pg=PA22&dq=Perry}} Four sections of Green, four sections of Salem, four sections from Goshen and four sections of Butler townships, all then in Columbiana County, were given to the new 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,[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed April 30, 2009. 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.
=Township Trustees=
- James Armeni Sr., Vice Chairman{{cite web|url=https://www.columbiana.boe.ohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Columbiana-County-Elected-Officials-2.11.21.pdf|title=2020 General Election Results for Columbiana County|access-date=February 19, 2021}}
- Don Rudibaugh,
- Steven J. Bailey, Chairman
=Fiscal Officer=
References
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External links
- [http://perrytownshipsalemoh.org Township website]
- [http://www.columbianacounty.org County website]
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Category:Townships in Columbiana County, Ohio