PAXTON TOWNSHIP, ROSS COUNTY, OHIO

Municipalities and townships of Ross County.

'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.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
Education
References
External links

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.

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


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

External links



★ County website

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