Harrison Township, Carroll County, Ohio

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Harrison Township, Carroll County, Ohio
Township
Along State Route 171 at 43 in Harrison Township
Along State Route 171 at 43 in Harrison Township
Location of Harrison Township in Carroll County
Location of Harrison Township in Carroll County
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Country United States
State Ohio
County Carroll
Area
 • Total 31.4 sq mi (81.2 km2)
 • Land 31.3 sq mi (81.1 km2)
 • Water 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation[1] 1,135 ft (346 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 2,478
 • Density 79/sq mi (30.6/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code 39-33782[2]
GNIS feature ID 1085829[1]

Harrison Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,478.[3]

Geography

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

No municipalities are located in Harrison Township.

Name and history

It is one of nineteen Harrison Townships statewide.[4]

In 1817, Harrison Township was formed from a part of Sandy Township in Stark County.[5] The township originally was within Stark County until the formation of Carroll County. It had all of the original surveyed township 15, range 6 of the Old Seven Ranges, until the county commissioners took four and one-half sections in the formation of Centre (later Center) township.[6]

A route of the Underground Railroad passed through the township along Baxter Ridge.[7][8]

Government

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1820 518 —
1830 1,086 109.7%
1840 1,308 20.4%
1850 1,268 −3.1%
1860 1,033 −18.5%
1870 1,024 −0.9%
1880 1,075 5.0%
1890 915 −14.9%
1900 799 −12.7%
1910 750 −6.1%
1920 711 −5.2%
1930 678 −4.6%
1940 765 12.8%
1950 954 24.7%
1960 1,249 30.9%
1970 1,278 2.3%
1980 1,807 41.4%
1990 2,127 17.7%
2000 2,498 17.4%
2010 2,478 −0.8%
[9]

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,[10] 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.

The current office holders and end of their terms are:[11][12]

Trustees:

  • Melvin Riggenbach December 31, 2013,
  • Charles L. Carter December 31, 2013,
  • Joe Seck December 31, 2011

Fiscal Officer (Clerk):

  • Linda L. Peoples March 31, 2012

Education

Students attend the Carrollton Exempted Village School District in most of the township and Brown Local School District in a corner of the township.[13]

Notable residents

References

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  9. ↑ census data: 1820 : 1820 page 137 , 1830 : Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. , 1840, 1880 : Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. , 1850 : 1850 page 14 , 1860 : 1860 page 12 , 1870 : 1870 page 24 , 1890,1900 : Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. , 1900,1910,1920 : Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. , 1930 : 1930 page 40 , 1940 : 1940 page 83 , 1950 : 1950 page 14 , 1960 : 1960 page 16 , 1970 : 1970 page 124 , 1980 : 1980 & 1990 Census Information, at reference desk, Carroll County District Library , 1990 : 1990 , 2000 : 2000, 2010 : [1]
  10. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
  11. ↑ Carroll County Website
  12. ↑ http://www.the-review.com/news/advertising Mr. Thrifty 3, Nov. 12, 2009, page 3
  13. ↑ PUC Ohio map of School Districts

External links

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