German Township, Harrison County, Ohio
Township
Barn on State Route 646
Location of German Township in Harrison County
Coordinates: 40°23′29″N 80°54′49″W / 40.39139°N 80.91361°W / 40.39139; -80.91361
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Harrison
Area
• Total	25.2 sq mi (65.3 km2)
• Land	25.1 sq mi (65.0 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation [1]	1,230 ft (375 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	702
• Density	28/sq mi (11/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-29890[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086276[1]

German Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 702.

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Springfield Township, Jefferson County - north
• Salem Township, Jefferson County - northeast
• Wayne Township, Jefferson County - southeast
• Green Township - south
• Archer Township - southwest
• Rumley Township - west
• Loudon Township, Carroll County - northwest

No municipalities are located in German Township.

Name and history

It is one of five German Townships statewide.^[4]

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,^[5] 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.