Perry Township, Pike County, Ohio
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|image_caption = Baled corn in a field in Perry Township
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|subdivision_name2 = Pike
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|area_total_km2 = 59.5
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|area_total_sq_mi = 23.0
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|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 915
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|elevation_m = 281
|elevation_ft = 922
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Perry Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 915 people in the township.
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
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 4/30/2009. 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.
References
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External links
- [http://www.piketravel.com Pike County visitors bureau website]
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