Two villages are located in Perry Township: Perry in the center, and most of North Perry in the northeast along the lakeshore.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 151.8 square miles (393.1 km2), of which 23.3 square miles (60.4 km2) are land and 128.5 square miles (332.7 km2), or 84.6%, are water.[5] The township boundaries extend north to the center of Lake Erie and the Canadian border.
The township was named to honor Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the battle of Lake Erie. [7]
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.
