Harrison Township, Licking County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Harrison Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Licking County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 72.2
area_land_km2 = 72.2
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 27.9
area_land_sq_mi = 27.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 6494
population_density_km2 = 89.9
population_density_sq_mi = 232.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 337
elevation_ft = 1106
latd = 39 |latm = 59 |lats = 32 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 37 |longs = 12 |longEW = W

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Harrison Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,494 people in the township, 5,974 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39089 Licking County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
*St. Albans Township - north
*Granville Township - northeast corner
*Union Township - east
*Walnut Township, Fairfield County - southeast corner
*Liberty Township, Fairfield County - south
*Etna Township - southwest
*Pataskala - west
*Jersey Township - northwest corner

Several populated places are located in Harrison Township:
*Part of the city of Pataskala, in the west
*The village of Kirkersville, in the south
*The census-designated place of Beechwood Trails, in the northwest

Name and history

It is one of nineteen Harrison 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.lcounty.com County website]