Perry Township, Licking County, Ohio

Perry Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,492 people in the township.GeographyLocated on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships: Fallsbury Township - northPike Township, Coshocton County - northeastJackson Township, Muskingum County - eastLicking Township, Muskingum County - southeast cornerHanover Township - southMadison Township - southwestMary Ann Township - westEden Township - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Perry Township.Name and historyIt is one of twenty-six Perry Townships statewide.GovernmentThe 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.