Perry Township, Gallia County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Perry Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Gallia County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Gallia

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area_total_km2 = 99.4
area_land_km2 = 99.3
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 38.4
area_land_sq_mi = 38.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1276
population_density_km2 = 12.8
population_density_sq_mi = 33.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 188
elevation_ft = 617
latd = 38 |latm = 48 |lats = 44 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 23 |longs = 6 |longEW = W

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Perry Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,276 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39053 Gallia County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Raccoon Township - north
*Springfield Township - northeast corner
*Green Township - east
*Harrison Township - southeast corner
*Walnut Township - south
*Greenfield Township - east
*Madison Township, Jackson County - northwest

No municipalities are located in Perry Township, although the unincorporated community of Patriot is located in the township's southeast.

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

External links

* [http://www.gallianet.net/Gallia/index.htm County website]