Paint Township is one of the fourteen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of
Holmes County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 4,564.
According to the 2021
American Community Survey
The American Community Survey (ACS) is an annual demographics survey program conducted by the United States Census Bureau. It regularly gathers information previously contained only in the long form of the United States census, decennial census ...
's 5-Year Estimates, 16.2% of the township's population spoke only
English, while 83.8% spoke an "other
han SpanishIndo-European language."
Geography
Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Paint Township, Wayne County - north
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Sugar Creek Township, Stark County - northeast
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Wayne Township, Tuscarawas County - southeast
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Walnut Creek Township - south
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Berlin Township - southwest corner
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Salt Creek Township - west
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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
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of
Winesburg lies in the southwestern part of the township.
Name and history
Paint Township most likely was named for a local spring where the water was imparted with a reddish hue. 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,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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
External links
County website
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Townships in Holmes County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio