Official Name: | Harrison Township, Montgomery County, Ohio |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mapsize: | 260px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Montgomery |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 23.4 |
Area Land Km2: | 23.2 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.2 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 9.0 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 8.9 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.1 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 21814 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 244 |
Elevation Ft: | 801 |
Coordinates: | 39.8086°N -84.2094°W |
Postal Code: | 45414 & 45415 |
Area Code: | 937 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 39-33922[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1086668 |
Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
Harrison Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,814.[3]
Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following township and cities:
Most of the original Harrison Township area has been incorporated into the city of Dayton, the county seat of Montgomery County. Three census-designated places occupy most of the unincorporated parts of the township:
It is one of nineteen Harrison Townships statewide.[4]
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,[5] 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.
Police services are provided in the township through a contract with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
Children from Harrison Township attend the schools of Northridge Local Schools, Dayton Public Schools and six public charter schools in the township.