Paris Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Union County

Union County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 17,549 people in the township, 1,617 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Taylor Township
  Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio
  Taylor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,444 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Claibourne Township - northeast...
  
   - north
• Leesburg Township
  Leesburg Township, Union County, Ohio
  Leesburg Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,438 people in the township, 1,115 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Dover Township
  Dover Township, Union County, Ohio
  Dover Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,331 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Leesburg Township - north...
  
   - east
• Millcreek Township
  Millcreek Township, Union County, Ohio
  Millcreek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,261 people in the township, 1,252 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Darby Township
  Darby Township, Union County, Ohio
  Darby Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,934 people in the township, 1,634 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Union Township
  Union Township, Union County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,565 people in the township, 939 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Allen Township
  Allen Township, Union County, Ohio
  Allen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,518 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Liberty Township - north...
  
   - west
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,705 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*York Township - north...
  
   - northwest

The majority of the city of Marysville

Marysville, Ohio

Marysville is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Ohio, United States. The population was 15,942 at the 2000 census, and the Census Bureau estimated that it had risen to 17,621 by 2006.Marysville's longtime slogan is "Where the Grass is Greener"...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Union County, is located in Paris Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Paris Townships are located in Portage

Paris Township, Portage County, Ohio

Paris Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,827 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Windham Township - north...

 and Stark

Paris Township, Stark County, Ohio

Paris Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,969 people in the township, 3,938 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

Counties.

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.