Perry Township, Fayette County, Ohio
Township
Agricultural fields in the township's southeast
Location of Perry Township in Fayette County
Coordinates: 39°24′30″N 83°26′26″W / 39.40833°N 83.44056°W / 39.40833; -83.44056
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Fayette
Area
• Total	28.7 sq mi (74.3 km2)
• Land	28.7 sq mi (74.3 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation [1]	1,007 ft (307 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	1,118
• Density	39/sq mi (15/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-61826[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086093[1]

Perry Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,118.

Geography

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

• Union Township - north
• Wayne Township - northeast
• Buckskin Township, Ross County - southeast corner
• Madison Township, Highland County - south
• Green Township - west
• Concord Township - northwest

No municipalities are located in Perry Township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-six Perry 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.