Perry Township, Richland County, Ohio

Perry Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2000 census found 1,345 people in the township.

Geography
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
 * Troy Township - north
 * Washington Township - northeast corner
 * Jefferson Township - east
 * Middlebury Township, Knox County - south
 * Perry Township, Morrow County - west

No municipalities are located in Perry Township.

Name and history
It is one of twenty-six Perry 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.