Thorn Township, Perry County, Ohio
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Thorn Township is one of the fourteen townships
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 of Perry County
Perry County, Ohio
Perry County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. Founded on March 1, 1818, it was the 55th county to be formed in Ohio. Portions of Fairfield, Washington and Muskingum Counties were taken to create Perry County. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,058. Its county seat...

, Ohio
Ohio
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, United States
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. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 3,765 people in the township, 3,034 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • Licking Township, Licking County
    Licking Township, Licking County, Ohio
    Licking Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,870 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...

     - north
  • Bowling Green Township, Licking County
    Bowling Green Township, Licking County, Ohio
    Bowling Green Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,668 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - northeast
  • Hopewell Township
    Hopewell Township, Perry County, Ohio
    Hopewell Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,163 people in the township, 1,965 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - east
  • Reading Township
    Reading Township, Perry County, Ohio
    Reading Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,956 people in the township, 2,407 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - southeast
  • Richland Township, Fairfield County
    Richland Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
    Richland Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,940 people in the township, 1,540 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - south
  • 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:...

     - west
  • Union Township, Licking County
    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:...

     - northwest corner


The village of Thornville
Thornville, Ohio
Thornville is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 731 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Thornville is located at ....

is located in northeastern Thorn 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.
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