Perry Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Brown County

Brown County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 42,285 people, 15,555 households, and 11,790 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 people per square mile . There were 17,193 housing units at an average density of 35 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 4,830 people in the township, 4,367 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the far northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Marion Township, Clinton County
  Marion Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,489 people in the township, 1,269 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township, up from 5,186 in 1990.-Geography:...
  
   - north, west of Jefferson Township
• Jefferson Township, Clinton County
  Jefferson Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,301 people in the township, 1,036 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township, down from 1,312 in 1990.-Geography:...
  
   - north, east of Marion Township
• Dodson Township, Highland County
  Dodson Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Dodson Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,514 people in the township, 1,166 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east, north of Salem Township
• Salem Township, Highland County
  Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 682 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Dodson Township - north...
  
   - east, south of Dodson Township
• Green Township
  Green Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,389 people in the township, 1,978 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south, east of Sterling Township
• Sterling Township
  Sterling Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Sterling Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,753 people in the township, 3,604 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south, west of Green Township
• Jackson Township, Clermont County
  Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2576 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west, south of Wayne Township
• Wayne Township, Clermont County
  Wayne Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,025 people in the township, 4,533 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west, north of Jackson Township

The most northerly township in Brown County, it is the only part of the county to border Clinton County.

Two incorporated villages are located in Perry Township: Fayetteville

Fayetteville, Ohio

Fayetteville is a village in Brown County, Ohio, United States. The population was 372 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Fayetteville is located at ....

 in the center, and St. Martin

St. Martin, Ohio

St. Martin was a village in Brown County, Ohio, United States. The population was 91 at the 2000 census. The community is served by the Fayetteville post office. St. Martin was dissolved as a village in November 2011 to be served by Perry Township....

in the northeast.

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.