Paris Township, Portage County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Paris Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location within Portage County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 61.9
area_land_km2 = 58.7
area_water_km2 = 3.1
area_total_sq_mi = 23.9
area_land_sq_mi = 22.7
area_water_sq_mi = 1.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1827
population_density_km2 = 31.1
population_density_sq_mi = 80.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 295
elevation_ft = 968
latd = 41 |latm = 10 |lats = 13 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 3 |longs = 40 |longEW = W

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Paris Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,827 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39133 Portage County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Windham Township - north
*Braceville Township, Trumbull County - northeast corner
*Newton Township, Trumbull County - east
*Milton Township, Mahoning County - southeast corner
*Palmyra Township - south
*Edinburg Township - southwest corner
*Charlestown Township - west
*Freedom Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Paris Township, although the unincorporated community of Wayland lies in the western part of the township.

Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve, Paris Township covers an area of 23 sq mi.

Name and history

Statewide, other Paris Townships are located in Stark and Union Counties.

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.co.portage.oh.us County website]