Peru Township, Huron County, Ohio

Coordinates: 41°10′45″N 82°41′29″W / 41.17917°N 82.69139°W

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Peru Township, Huron County, Ohio
Township
The Macksville Tavern on Peru Hollow Road
Location of Peru Township in Huron County
Coordinates: 41°10′45″N 82°41′29″W / 41.17917°N 82.69139°W / 41.17917; -82.69139
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Huron
Area
• Total	25.7 sq mi (66.6 km²)
• Land	25.6 sq mi (66.4 km²)
• Water	0.08 sq mi (0.2 km²)
Elevation ^[1]	768 ft (234 m)
Population (2020)^[2]
• Total	1,054
• Density	41/sq mi (16/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-62246^[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086355^[1]

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,^[4] 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

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Peru township, Huron County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

County website

v t e Municipalities and communities of Huron County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Norwalk
Cities	Bellevue‡ Norwalk Willard	Map of Ohio highlighting Huron County
Villages	Greenwich Milan‡ Monroeville New London North Fairfield Plymouth‡ Wakeman
Townships	Bronson Clarksfield Fairfield Fitchville Greenfield Greenwich Hartland Lyme New Haven New London Norwalk Norwich Peru Richmond Ridgefield Ripley Sherman Townsend Wakeman
CDPs	Celeryville Collins Holiday Lakes New Haven
Unincorporated communities	Boughtonville Centerton Clarksfield Delphi East Townsend Fitchville Havana Hunts Corners Olena Steuben
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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