Perry Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Morrow County

Morrow County, Ohio

Morrow County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. Shawnee people used the area for hunting purposes before white settlers arrived in the early 19th century. Morrow County was organized in 1848 from parts of four neighboring counties and named for Jeremiah Morrow, Governor of...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,970 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Troy Township
  Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Troy Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,190 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Troy Township, Richland County
  Troy Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Troy Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - northeast
• Perry Township, Richland County
  Perry Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - east
• Middlebury Township, Knox County
  Middlebury Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Middlebury Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,138 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,410 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Congress Township - north...
  
   - southwest
• Congress Township
  Congress Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Congress Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,128 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• North Bloomfield Township
  North Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  North Bloomfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,866 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Perry Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Shauck

Shauck, Ohio

Shauck is an unincorporated community in northern Perry Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43349. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 42 with State Route 314. Shauck is also known as...

lies in the northern part of the township.

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.