Perry Township is one of the fourteen townships

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 of Carroll County

Carroll County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,022 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Union Township
  Union Township, Carroll County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,059 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Lee Township
  Lee Township, Carroll County, Ohio
  Lee Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,128 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Loudon Township
  Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio
  Loudon Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,032 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Rumley Township, Harrison County
  Rumley Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Rumley Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,575 people in the township, 791 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• North Township, Harrison County
  North Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  North Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,652 people in the township, 853 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Monroe Township, Harrison County
  Monroe Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,241 people in the township, 827 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Orange Township
  Orange Township, Carroll County, Ohio
  Orange Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,258 people in the township, 806 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Carroll County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,930 people in the township, 1,588 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in 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...

.

The Township was originally called “North”, but was renamed shortly after the formation of Carroll County.

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.

The current office holders and end of their terms are

Trustees:

• Don Leggett II December 31 2013,
• Ronald E. Edie December 31 2013,
• Ronald A. Snair December 31 2011

Fiscal Officer (Clerk):

• Susan E. Logan March 31 2012

Education

Students attend the Carrollton Exempted Village School District

Carrollton Exempted Village School District

Carrollton Exempted Village Schools is a school district located in Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The only high school for the district is located in Carrollton, Ohio and is called Carrollton High School.-List of schools:*, Augusta, Ohio...

in most of the township.