Brown Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Paulding County

Paulding County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 20,293 people, 7,773 households, and 5,689 families residing in the county. The population density was 49 people per square mile . There were 8,478 housing units at an average density of 20 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,244 people in the township, 1,315 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Auglaize Township
  Auglaize Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Auglaize Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,535 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Highland Township, Defiance County
  Highland Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Highland Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,658 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Monroe Township, Putnam County
  Monroe Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,234 people in the township, 1,046 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Perry Township, Putnam County
  Perry Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,206 people in the township, 737 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 789 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Latty Township
  Latty Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Latty Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,026 people in the township, 614 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,886 people in the township, 847 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

Two villages are located in Brown Township: Melrose

Melrose, Ohio

Melrose is a village in Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The population was 322 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Melrose is located at ....

 in the southwestern part of the township, and Oakwood

Oakwood, Paulding County, Ohio

Oakwood is a village in Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The population was 607 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Oakwood is located at ....

in the southeastern part of the township.

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.

External links

• County court website
• Township profile