Paint Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Highland County

Highland County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 40,875 people, 15,587 households, and 11,394 families residing in the county. The population density was 74 people per square mile . There were 17,583 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile...

, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 4,112 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,922 people in the township, 2,016 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Paint Township, Ross County
  Paint Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Paint Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,169 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Buckskin Township - north...
  
   - northeast
• Paxton Township, Ross County
  Paxton Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Paxton Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,165 people in the township, 1,153 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Perry Township, Pike County
  Perry Township, Pike County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 913 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Brushcreek Township
  Brushcreek Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Brushcreek Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,308 people in the township, 1,150 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south, east of Marshall Township
• Marshall Township
  Marshall Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Marshall Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,008 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south, west of Brushcreek Township
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,798 people in the township, 3,430 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Penn Township
  Penn Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Penn Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,055 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Fairfield Township
  Fairfield Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Fairfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,219 people in the township, 1,683 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  - northwest

No municipalities are located in Paint 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.