Perry Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Pickaway County

Pickaway County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 52,727 people, 17,599 households, and 13,287 families residing in the county. The population density was 105 people per square mile . There were 18,596 housing units at an average density of 37 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 1,319 people in the township, 626 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,166 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Darby Township - north...
  
   - north
• Deer Creek Township - east
• Deerfield Township, Ross County
  Deerfield Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Deerfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,096 people in the township, 580 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Wayne Township, Fayette County
  Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,367 people in township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Marion Township - north...
  
   - southwest corner
• Marion Township, Fayette County
  Marion Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 748 people in the township, 656 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Madison Township, Fayette County
  Madison Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 946 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

Part of the village of New Holland

New Holland, Ohio

New Holland is a village in Fayette and Pickaway counties in Ohio, United States. The population was 785 at the 2000 census.The Pickaway County portion of New Holland is part of the Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Fayette County portion is part of the Washington Court House...

is located in western Perry Township.

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.