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Harrison Lake State Park is a 142-acre (57 ha) public recreation area located three miles (4.8 km) southwest of Fayette, Ohio, in the United States. [2] The park surrounds 95-acre (38 ha) Harrison Lake, which has a maximum depth of fifteen feet near the dam and provides a habitat for bluegill, channel catfish, largemouth bass, white crappie, and bullhead. [3]
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 was laid out in 1810, named in honor of William Henry Harrison, a decorated general and state legislator and afterward the ninth president of the United States. [6] It was incorporated in 1850 and became a city in 1981. Harrison Township was established in 1853, formerly part of Crosby and Whitewater Township. [7]
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 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
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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.
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]