Harrison Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,020 people in the township.
Geography Located in the western part of the county along the Indiana line, it borders the following townships: Tully Township - north Union Township - northeast corner Pleasant Township - east Liberty Township - southeast corner Willshire Township - south St. Marys Township, Adams County, Indiana - southwest Union Township, Adams County, Indiana - west
No municipalities are located within Harrison Township.
Name and history It is one of nineteen Harrison Townships statewide.
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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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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External links County website