Country United States County Lake Area code(s) 440 Elevation 212 m Population 8,240 (2000) | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) FIPS code 39-61896 Zip code 44081 Local time Monday 9:14 AM | |
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Perry Township is one of the five townships of Lake County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,240 people in the township, 6,220 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Perry Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the northeastern part of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships:
Two villages are located in Perry Township: Perry in the center, and most of North Perry in the northeast along the lakeshore.
Name and history
It is one of twenty-six Perry 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. As of 2014, the trustees are Rick Amos, Robert Dawson, and Nancy Steele, and the fiscal officer is Christine Page.