Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Holmes County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Holmes

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area_total_km2 = 75.2
area_land_km2 = 75.2
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 29.0
area_land_sq_mi = 29.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3547
population_density_km2 = 47.1
population_density_sq_mi = 122.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 394
elevation_ft = 1293
latd = 40 |latm = 37 |lats = 41 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 42 |longs = 55 |longEW = W

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Paint Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,547 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39075 Holmes County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Paint Township, Wayne County - north
*Sugar Creek Township, Stark County - northeast
*Wayne Township, Tuscarawas County - southeast
*Walnut Creek Township - south
*Berlin Township - southwest corner
*Salt Creek Township - west
*Salt Creek Township, Wayne County - northwest corner

It is the only township in the county to border Stark County.

No municipalities are located in Paint Township, although the unincorporated community of Winesburg lies in the southwestern part of the township.

Name and history

It is one of six Paint 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.holmescounty.com/gov/ County website]