Perry Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Allen County

Allen County, Ohio

Allen County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. Its population was 106,331 as of the 2010 census. It is included in the Lima, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Lima–Van Wert–Wapakoneta Combined Statistical Area....

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,620 people in the unincorporated parts of the township.

Geography

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

• Bath Township
  Bath Township, Allen County, Ohio
  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...
  
   - north
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Allen County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,936 people in the township, 2,632 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Auglaize Township
  Auglaize Township, Allen County, Ohio
  Auglaize Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,850 people in the township, 2,359 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Wayne Township, Auglaize County
  Wayne Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,591 people in the township, 788 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Union Township, Auglaize County
  Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,870 people in the township, 1,614 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Duchouquet Township, Auglaize County
  Duchouquet Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Duchouquet Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,329 people in the township, 3,111 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Shawnee Township
  Shawnee Township, Allen County, Ohio
  Shawnee Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 12,220 people in the township, 8,365 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• American Township
  American Township, Allen County, Ohio
  American Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 15,516 people in the township , 13,599 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Part of the city of Lima

Lima, Ohio

Lima is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwestern Ohio along Interstate 75 approximately north of Dayton and south-southwest of Toledo....

, the county seat

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 of Allen County, is located in northwestern Perry Township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-six Perry Townships statewide

Perry Township, Ohio

Perry Township, Ohio may refer to:*Perry Township, Allen County, Ohio*Perry Township, Ashland County, Ohio*Perry Township, Brown County, Ohio*Perry Township, Carroll County, Ohio*Perry Township, Columbiana County, Ohio...

.

Perry Township was first settled in 1830 by one John Ridenour. The township was officially established in December 1833, and it was organized in the following April.

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.