Harrison Township, Licking County, Ohio

Coordinates: 39°59′32″N 82°37′12″W / 39.99222, -82.62
Harrison Township, Ohio
Municipalities and townships of Licking County.
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Licking
Area
- Township	sq mi (km²)
- Land	sq mi ( km²)
- Water	sq mi ( km²)
Elevation ³	ft ( m)
Population (2000)
- Township
- Density	/sq mi (/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-33894²
GNIS feature ID	1086461³

Harrison Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,494 people in the township, 5,974 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Geography

Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

St. Albans Township - north
Granville Township - northeast corner
Union Township - east
Walnut Township, Fairfield County - southeast corner
Liberty Township, Fairfield County - south
Etna Township - southwest
Pataskala - west
Jersey Township - northwest corner

Several populated places are located in Harrison Township:

Part of the city of Pataskala, in the west
The village of Kirkersville, in the south
The census-designated place of Beechwood Trails, in the northwest

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

^ Licking County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

County website

Municipalities and communities of Licking County, Ohio
County seat: Newark
Cities	Heath \| Newark \| Pataskala \| Reynoldsburg
Villages	Alexandria \| Buckeye Lake \| Granville \| Gratiot \| Hanover \| Hartford \| Hebron \| Johnstown \| Kirkersville \| New Albany \| St. Louisville \| Utica
Townships	Bennington \| Bowling Green \| Burlington \| Eden \| Etna \| Fallsbury \| Franklin \| Granville \| Hanover \| Harrison \| Hartford \| Hopewell \| Jersey \| Liberty \| Licking \| Madison \| Mary Ann \| McKean \| Monroe \| Newark \| Newton \| Perry \| St. Albans \| Union \| Washington
Census-designated places	Beechwood Trails \| Granville South \| Harbor Hills
Other localities	Brownsville \| Homer \| Jacksontown

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