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Peru Township, Huron County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Township in Ohio, US

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official_namePeru Township, Huron County, Ohio
settlement_typeTownship
image_skylineMacksville Tavern.jpg
imagesize250px
image_captionThe Macksville Tavern on Peru Hollow Road
image_mapPeru Huron.PNG
mapsize250px
map_captionLocation of Peru Township in Huron County
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Ohio
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Huron
unit_prefImperial
area_total_km266.6
area_land_km266.4
area_water_km20.2
population_as_of[2020](2020-united-states-census)
population_footnotes
population_total1054
population_density_km2auto
population_density_sq_miauto
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m234
elevation_ft768
coordinates
blank_nameFIPS code
blank_info39-62246
blank1_nameGNIS feature ID
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Peru Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of the township was 1,054.

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:

  • Ridgefield Township - north
  • Norwalk Township - northeast corner
  • Bronson Township - east
  • Fairfield Township - southeast corner
  • Greenfield Township - south
  • Norwich Township - southwest corner
  • Sherman Township - west
  • Lyme Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Peru Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Peru Township is located in Morrow County.

Government

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, 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.

References

References

  1. "Peru township, Huron County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
  2. (2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
  3. "U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  4. [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the [[Ohio Revised Code]]. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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