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The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in
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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.
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Harrison Township was first settled in 1810, but it was abandoned after Native American attacks; no settlers returned until after the end of the
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957:Lightsville
889:communities
759:Wayne Lakes
714:New Madison
704:Hollansburg
612:County seat
457:January 31,
410:January 31,
348:War of 1812
329:New Madison
325:Hollansburg
272:2020 census
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1079:Categories
1032:Yankeetown
1027:Woodington
1022:Willowdell
942:Hill Grove
937:Frenchtown
902:Beamsville
867:Washington
807:Greenville
754:Versailles
749:Union City
724:North Star
719:New Weston
694:Gettysburg
637:Greenville
619:Greenville
383:References
374:Government
246:feature ID
178:Population
82:84°45′53″W
79:39°57′52″N
1041:Footnotes
1002:Stelvideo
992:Rose Hill
982:Pikeville
972:Otterbein
962:Nashville
952:Jaysville
857:Van Buren
842:Patterson
774:Townships
764:Yorkshire
734:Palestine
278:Geography
260:townships
234:FIPS code
200:Time zone
170:Elevation
917:Coletown
847:Richland
812:Harrison
802:Franklin
744:Rossburg
739:Pitsburg
677:Bradford
659:Villages
432:June 18,
356:Kentucky
238:39-33810
33:Township
1017:Webster
1012:Weavers
1007:Tampico
947:Horatio
927:Delisle
822:Liberty
817:Jackson
689:Castine
672:Arcanum
667:Ansonia
541:of the
539:§507.01
535:§505.01
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352:Section
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289:- north
249:1086015
108:Country
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862:Wabash
832:Monroe
797:Butler
729:Osgood
709:Ithaca
699:Gordon
537:, and
482:. 2000
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301:- east
130:County
912:Brock
872:Wayne
837:Neave
792:Brown
787:Allen
782:Adams
476:(PDF)
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226:UTC-4
205:UTC-5
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135:Darke
118:State
922:Dawn
877:York
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268:Ohio
244:GNIS
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