| Official Name: | Perry Township, Morrow County, Ohio |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Morrow |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 54.2 |
| Area Land Km2: | 54.2 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.0 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 20.9 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 20.9 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.0 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1971 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 407 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1335 |
| Coordinates: | 40.5892°N -82.6528°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-61980[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1086707 |
Perry Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. At the 2020 census the township's population was 1,971 people.
Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
No municipalities are located in Perry Township, although the unincorporated community of Shauck lies in the northern part of the township.
Perry Township was organized in 1816, and was part of Richland County, Ohio. At first called Leipsic (after the German city), the township was soon renamed Perry to honor Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, who led a United States Navy squadron to victory against a British Royal Navy squadron in the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. Originally comprising two, 36-square-mile survey townships, Perry Township was divided in 1825; the western half becoming Congress Township. Perry Township was again divided in 1848, when Morrow County, Ohio, was created. The western half was transferred to the new county, the eastern half remained in Richland County, and both halves retained the name Perry Township.[4] [5] It is one of twenty-six Perry Townships statewide.[6]
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a three-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,[7] 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.