Country United States County Paulding FIPS code 39-61266 Elevation 220 m Local time Friday 8:44 PM Area code 419 | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086776 Zip code 45879 Population 4,008 (2000) | |
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Weather 19°C, Wind SW at 19 km/h, 58% Humidity Area 93.76 km² (93.5 km² Land / 26 ha Water) | ||
Paulding Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,008 people in the township, 1,086 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Paulding Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Two villages are located in Paulding Township: most of Paulding, the county seat and largest village of Paulding County, in the northeast; and Latty in the southeast.
It is one of two county townships (the other being Jackson Township) without a border on any other county.
Name and history
It is the only Paulding 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 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.