Harrison Township, Carroll County, Ohio
Township in Ohio, United States
Harrison Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County , Ohio , United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 2,397.[ 3]
Geography
Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
No municipalities are located in Harrison Township. The unincorporated community New Harrisburg is located centrally.
Name and history
It is one of nineteen Harrison Townships statewide .[ 4]
In 1817, Harrison Township was formed from a part of Sandy Township in Stark County.[ 5] Seven Ranges , until the county commissioners took four and one-half sections in the formation of Centre (later Center) township.[ 6]
A route of the Underground Railroad passed through the township along Baxter Ridge.[ 7] [ 8]
Government
Town hall
Historical population
Census Pop. Note %± 1820 518 — 1830 1,086 109.7% 1840 1,308 20.4% 1850 1,268 −3.1% 1860 1,033 −18.5% 1870 1,024 −0.9% 1880 1,075 5.0% 1890 915 −14.9% 1900 799 −12.7% 1910 750 −6.1% 1920 711 −5.2% 1930 678 −4.6% 1940 765 12.8% 1950 954 24.7% 1960 1,249 30.9% 1970 1,278 2.3% 1980 1,807 41.4% 1990 2,127 17.7% 2000 2,498 17.4% 2010 2,478 −0.8% 2020 2,397 −3.3%
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,[ 10]
Education
Students attend the Carrollton Exempted Village School District in most of the township and Brown Local School District in a corner of the township.[ 11]
Notable residents
References
^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names" . United States Geological Survey . October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008 .^ "U.S. Census website" . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008 .^ OhioDepartment of Development ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF) . United States Census Bureau . 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007 .^ Perrin, William Henry, ed. (1881). History of Stark County, with an outline sketch of Ohio OCLC 23276454 . ^ Eckley, H.J.; Perry, W.T. (1921). History of Carroll and Harrison Counties ^ Geographic Names Information System . "GNIS entry for Baxter Ridge (Feature ID #1070672)" . Retrieved January 8, 2010 .^ Eckley, H.J.; Perry, W.T. (1921). History of Carroll and Harrison Counties ^ census data: 1820 : 1820 page 137, 1830 : Kilbourn, John (1831). The Ohio gazetteer: or, Topographical dictionary: describing the several ... in the State of Ohio Howe, Henry (1907). Historical Collections of Ohio, The Ohio Centennial Edition 359 . 1850 page 14, 1860 : 1860 page 12, 1870 : 1870 page 24, 1890,1900 : Hunt, William C. (1901). Population of the United States by states and territories, counties, and minor Civil Divisions, as returned at the Twelfth Census: 1900 Austin, William Lane; Teele, Ray Palmer (1921). Fourteenth census of the United States, Volume 1 Government Printing Office . p. 561 . 1930 page 40, 1940 : 1940 page 83, 1950 : 1950 page 14, 1960 : 1960 page 16, 1970 : 1970 page 124, 1980 : 1980 & 1990 Census Information , at reference desk, Carroll County District Library, 1990 : 1990 , 2000 : 2000 , 2010 : [1] , 2020 : 2020
^ §503.24 , §505.01 , and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code . Accessed 4/30/2009.^ PUC Ohio map of School Districts Archived 2009-02-20 at the Wayback Machine ^ Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio 937– 938. Retrieved October 4, 2023 – via Archive.org .
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