High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Harris Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,009 people in the township, 1,583 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. Most of the village of Elmore is located in the western part of the township. The Portage River and the Ohio Turnpike also pass through Harris Township. It is the only Harris Township statewide.