Harrison Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,814.

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following township and cities: 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:

Name and history

It is one of nineteen Harrison Townships statewide.

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. Police services are provided in the township through a contract with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

Education

Children from Harrison Township attend the schools of Northridge Local Schools, Dayton Public Schools and six public charter schools in the township.