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Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Holmes

FIPS code
  
39-59514

Elevation
  
394 m

Local time
  
Monday 3:35 PM

State
  
Ohio

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1086334

Area
  
75.1 km²

Population
  
3,547 (2000)

Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio

Weather
  
9°C, Wind S at 14 km/h, 62% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of Paint Township, OH, USA

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

    It is one of six Paint Townships 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 fiscal officer, 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

    References

    Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio Wikipedia