Paxton Township, Ross County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Paxton Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Ross County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 82.4
area_land_km2 = 82.2
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 31.8
area_land_sq_mi = 31.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2165
population_density_km2 = 26.3
population_density_sq_mi = 68.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 247
elevation_ft = 810
latd = 39 |latm = 13 |lats = 37 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 16 |longs = 15 |longEW = W

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Paxton Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,165 people in the township, 1,153 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39141 Ross County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Paint Township - north
*Twin Township - east
*Benton Township, Pike County - southeast
*Perry Township, Pike County - southwest
*Paint Township, Highland County - west

The village of Bainbridge is located in central Paxton Township.

Landmarks in Paxton Township include the first dental museum in the United States, and Seip Mound, the largest reconstructed mound in the Ohio Valley region.fact|date=July 2007

Name and history

It is the only Paxton Township 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.

Education

Bainbridge Elementary School (now a preschool) is in Bainbridge, and the Paint Valley High School falls within the township.

References

External links

* [http://co.ross.oh.us County website]