Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio

Township

Shull-Lugenbuhl Farmhouse

Location of Paint Township in Holmes County

Coordinates: 40°37′41″N 81°42′55″W﻿ / ﻿40.62806°N 81.71528°W﻿ / 40.62806; -81.71528
Country| United States
State| Ohio
County| Holmes
Area

• Total| 28.95 sq mi (74.98 km2)
• Land| 28.88 sq mi (74.81 km2)
• Water| 0.07 sq mi (0.17 km2)
Elevation

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| 1,293 ft (394 m)
Population

(2020)[2]

• Total| 4,564
• Density| 160/sq mi (61/km2)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code| 39-59514[3]
GNIS feature ID| 1086334[1]

Paint Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,564.

According to the 2021 American Community Survey's 5-Year Estimates, 16.2% of the township's population spoke only English, while 83.8% spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language."[4]

## Geography

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Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

* Paint Township, Wayne County \- north
* Sugar Creek Township, Stark County \- northeast
* Wayne Township, Tuscarawas County \- southeast
* Walnut Creek Township \- south
* Berlin Township \- southwest corner
* Salt Creek Township \- west
* Salt Creek Township, Wayne County \- northwest corner

It is the only township in the county to border Stark County.

No municipalities are located in Paint Township, although the unincorporated community of Winesburg lies in the southwestern part of the township.

## Name and history

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Paint Township most likely was named for a local spring where the water was imparted with a reddish hue.[5] It is one of six Paint Townships statewide.[6]

## Government

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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,[7] 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.

## References

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1. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. ^ "Paint township, Holmes County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
5. ^ "Curious Cbus: Why Does Ohio Have So Many Townships Named Paint?". WOSU. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
6. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
7. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

## External links

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* County website

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Municipalities and communities of Holmes County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Millersburg

Villages|

* Baltic‡
* Glenmont
* Holmesville
* Killbuck
* Loudonville‡
* Millersburg
* Nashville

Map of Ohio highlighting Holmes County

Townships|

* Berlin
* Clark
* Hardy
* Killbuck
* Knox
* Mechanic
* Monroe
* Paint
* Prairie
* Richland
* Ripley
* Salt Creek
* Walnut Creek
* Washington

CDPs|

* Berlin
* Lake Buckhorn
* Mount Hope
* Walnut Creek
* Winesburg

Unincorporated
communities|

* Big Prairie
* Charm
* Farmerstown
* Lakeville
* Stillwell
* Unionville

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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