
Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. 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.

It is one of nineteen Harrison Townships statewide. Dixie Drive from Stop Eight Road to the north, and Embury Park Road, and Great Miami River to the south. Northridge, occupying all of the central "island" along N.except for Fort McKinley and a small section in the northeast Shiloh, occupying all of the western "island" around N.Fort McKinley, occupying the southwest of the western "island" around Salem Avenue.Three census-designated places occupy most of the unincorporated parts of the township:

Most of the original Harrison Township area has been incorporated into the city of Dayton, the county seat of Montgomery County. Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following township and cities: As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,814.

Harrison Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States.
