Harrison Township is one of the twenty-five townships

Civil township

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 of Licking County

Licking County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 6,494 people in the township, 5,974 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

• St. Albans Township
  St. Albans Township, Licking County, Ohio
  St. Albans Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,060 people in the township, 1,975 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Granville Township
  Granville Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Granville Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,994 people in the township, 5,827 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Union Township
  Union Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,339 people in the township, 3,259 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Walnut Township, Fairfield County
  Walnut Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Walnut Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,436 people in the township, 4,545 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Liberty Township, Fairfield County
  Liberty Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,265 people in the township, 4,387 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Etna Township
  Etna Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Etna Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,410 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
  
   - southwest
• Pataskala
  Pataskala, Ohio
  Pataskala is a city in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 10,249 at the 2000 census. Pataskala was a small community until 1996, when what was then the village of Pataskala merged with Lima Township, vastly increasing its population and geographic area.-Geography:Pataskala is...
  
   - west
• Jersey Township
  Jersey Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Jersey Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,841 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the western edge of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
  
   - northwest corner

Several populated places are located in Harrison Township:

• Part of the city of Pataskala, in the west
• The village of Kirkersville
  Kirkersville, Ohio
  Kirkersville is a village in Licking County, Ohio, United States, along the South Fork of the Licking River. The population was 520 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Kirkersville is located at ....
  
  , in the south
• The census-designated place
  Census-designated place
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   of Beechwood Trails
  Beechwood Trails, Ohio
  Beechwood Trails is a census-designated place in Licking County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,258 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Beechwood Trails is located at ....
  
  , in the northwest

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, 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.