PAINT TOWNSHIP, HOLMES COUNTY, OHIO

'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