PAINT TOWNSHIP, HOLMES COUNTY, OHIO

Municipalities and townships of Holmes County.

'Paint Township' is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,547 people in the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

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


Statewide, other Paint Townships are located in Fayette, Highland, Madison, Ross, and Wayne 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


1. Holmes County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links



County website

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