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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: Fort McKinley, occupying the southwest of the western "island" around Salem Avenue.
Harrison Township, Vinton County, Ohio Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name.
Harrison Township was established in 1853, formerly part of Crosby and Whitewater Township. [7] Among the historic sites in the city's vicinity is the Eighteen Mile House, which was built during the earliest years of the nineteenth century. [8] Harrison was the home of Ohio's fifth governor Othneil Looker.
Harrison Township was organized in 1820, and named for William Henry Harrison, an Ohio legislator and afterward 5th President of the United States. [4] It is one of nineteen Harrison Townships statewide. [5]
Harrison Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 14,288 people in the township. Name and history
Countryside in Harrison Township Harrison Township is one of the twelve townships of Preble County , Ohio , United States. The 2020 census found 4,305 people in the township.
In 1817, Harrison Township was formed from a part of Sandy Township in Stark County. [5] The township originally was within Stark County until the formation of Carroll County. It had all of the original surveyed township 15, range 6 of the Old Seven Ranges , until the county commissioners took four and one-half sections in the formation of ...
[5]: 558 Growth in population enabled Harrison Township to be formed by splitting Twin Township in May 1818; [5]: 556 its initial area was reduced by the formation of German Township in 1820. [ 5 ] : 552 The first school was established in the township in 1819, while the township's first church was a Church of Christ .