Carryall 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

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,046 people in the township, 1,306 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county along the Indiana

Indiana

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 line, it borders the following townships:

• Hicksville Township, Defiance County
  Hicksville Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Hicksville Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,003 people in the township, 3,649 of whom lived in the village of Hicksville, and 1,354 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:Located in the...
  
   - north
• Mark Township, Defiance County
  Mark Township, Defiance County, Ohio
  Mark Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 968 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Farmer Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Crane Township
  Crane Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Crane Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,530 people in the township, 1,314 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Paulding Township
  Paulding Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  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.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,566 people in the township, 741 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Maumee Township, Allen County, Indiana
  Maumee Township, Allen County, Indiana
  Maumee Township is one of twenty townships in Allen County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,619.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Maumee Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and is water.-Unincorporated towns:* Bluecast at Maumee...
  
   - southwest
• Scipio Township, Allen County, Indiana
  Scipio Township, Allen County, Indiana
  Scipio Township is one of twenty townships in Allen County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 414.-Geography:Scipio Township covers an area of and is considered the smallest township in the state.-References:* * -External links:* *...
  
   - west

The village of Antwerp

Antwerp, Ohio

Antwerp is a village in Paulding County, Ohio, United States, along the Maumee River. The population was 1,740 at the 2000 census.Antwerp is the nearest village to the Six Mile Reservoir, the site of the Reservoir War in 1887. Antwerp is the birthplace of Asa Long, the English draughts player...

is located in southern Carryall 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