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Harrison Township, Montgomery County, Ohio

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Montgomery

FIPS code
  
39-33922

Elevation
  
244 m

Local time
  
Friday 3:18 AM

State
  
Ohio

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1086668

Population
  
22,397 (2010)

Harrison Township, Montgomery County, Ohio httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Weather
  
-4°C, Wind SE at 6 km/h, 62% Humidity

Area
  
23.31 km² (23.05 km² Land / 26 ha Water)

Harrison Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 22,397.

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Map of Harrison Township, OH, USA

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following township and cities:

  • Butler Township - north
  • Vandalia - northeast
  • Huber Heights - northeast corner
  • Dayton - east and south
  • Riverside - east
  • Trotwood - west
  • Clayton - northwest

    • Most of the original Harrison Township area has been incorporated into the city of Dayton, the county seat of Montgomery County. Three census-designated places occupy most of the unincorporated parts of the township:

  • Fort McKinley, occupying the southwest of the western "island" around Salem Avenue.
  • Shiloh, occupying all of the western "island" around N. Main St. except for Fort McKinley and a small section in the northeast
  • Northridge, occupying all of the central "island" along N. Dixie Drive from Stop Eight Road to the north, and Embury Park Road, and Great Miami River to the south. There is also a small section northeast of Needmore and Wagner Ford Rd. that is known locally as Eldorado.

    • 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, 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.

    References

    Harrison Township, Montgomery County, Ohio Wikipedia
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