Harrison Township is one of the nine townships

Civil township

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 of Montgomery County

Montgomery County, Ohio

Montgomery County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. The population was 535,153 in the 2010 Census. It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada. The county seat is Dayton...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. As of the 2010 census the population was 22,397.

Geography

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

• Butler Township
  Butler Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
  Butler Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 7,894.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:...
  
   - north
• Vandalia
  Vandalia, Ohio
  Vandalia is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and a suburb of Dayton. Its population was 15,246 during the 2010 census. The James M. Cox Dayton International Airport is located in the city...
  
   - northeast
• Huber Heights
  Huber Heights, Ohio
  Huber Heights is a city in Montgomery, Miami, and Greene Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. Huber Heights's motto is "America's largest community of brick homes." The city is named for Charles Huber, the developer who constructed a number of the houses that would later comprise the city. Suburban...
  
   - northeast corner
• Dayton
  Dayton, Ohio
  Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
  
   - east and south
• Riverside
  Riverside, Ohio
  Riverside is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 23,201 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Riverside is located at ....
  
   - east
• Trotwood
  Trotwood, Ohio
  Trotwood is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 27,431 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is served by the Trotwood-Madison City School District...
  
   - west
• Clayton
  Clayton, Ohio
  Clayton is a city in Montgomery and Miami Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 13,209 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - northwest

Most of what was originally Harrison Township is occupied by the city of Dayton, the county seat

County seat

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 of Montgomery County. Three census-designated place

Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

s occupy most of the unincorporated parts of the township:

• Fort McKinley
  Fort McKinley, Ohio
  Fort McKinley is an unincorporated area in Harrison Township in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. It was delineated as a census-designated place at the 2000 census, when its population was 3,989...
  
  , occupying the southwest of the western "island" around Salem Avenue.
• Shiloh
  Shiloh, Montgomery County, Ohio
  Shiloh is an unincorporated area in Harrison Township in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. It was delineated as a census-designated place at the 2000 census, at which time its population was 11,272. It was not delineated as a CDP at the 2010 census...
  
  , occupying all of the western "island" around N. Main St. except for Fort McKinley and a small section in the northeast
• Northridge
  Northridge, Montgomery County, Ohio
  Northridge is an unincorporated area in Harrison Township in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. It was delineated as a census-designated place for the 2000 census, at which time its population was 8,487. It was not delineated as a CDP for the 2010 census...
  
  , 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.

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.

External links

• Montgomery County website