Population of the United States by states and territories, counties, and minor Civil Divisions, as returned at the Twelfth Census: 1900. Historical Collections of Ohio, The Ohio Centennial Edition. History of Carroll and Harrison Counties. United States Government Printing Office.

^ United States Official Postal Guide.

'GNIS entry for Perrysville (Feature ID #1061533)'.

^ Geographic Names Information System.

Students attend the Carrollton Exempted Village School District in most of the township. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees. 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. 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.

The township was originally called 'North', but was renamed shortly after the formation of Carroll County. It is one of twenty-six Perry Townships statewide. To distinguish this place from Perrysville in Ashland County, the postal service called the place Lamartine. A post office was established in 1848, and continued until 1954. The offices and maintenance garage are located in the unincorporated community of Perrysville, which was platted in 1835.

No municipalities are located in Perry Township. Monroe Township, Harrison County - southwest.North Township, Harrison County - south.Rumley Township, Harrison County - southeast.Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

As of the 2020 census, the population was 934. Perry Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States.

Troyer's perry township