Paint Township, Wayne County, Ohio
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Paint Township is one of the sixteen townships
Civil township
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 of Wayne County
Wayne County, Ohio
Wayne County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States, and is named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. As of the 2010 census, the population was 114,520. Its county seat is Wooster....

, Ohio
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, United States
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. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
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 found 2,823 people in the township, 2,577 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • Sugar Creek Township
    Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio
    Sugar Creek Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,502 people in the township, 4,897 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - north
  • Sugar Creek Township, Stark County
    Sugar Creek Township, Stark County, Ohio
    Sugar Creek Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,740 people in the township, 2,944 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - east
  • Paint Township, Holmes County
    Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio
    Paint Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,547 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - south
  • Salt Creek Township, Holmes County
    Salt Creek Township, Holmes County, Ohio
    Salt Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,778 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - southwest corner
  • Salt Creek Township
    Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio
    Salt Creek Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,783 people in the township, 3,296 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - west
  • East Union Township
    East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio
    East Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,527 people in the township, 5,528 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - northwest corner


The village of Mount Eaton
Mount Eaton, Ohio
Mount Eaton is a village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The population was 246 at the 2000 census.-History:Located near Mount Eaton is the historic James Akey Farm, also known as the "Stark Wilderness Center Pioneer Farm"; it is listed on the National Register of Historic...

is located in central 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.

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