Paint Township is one of the ten townships

Civil township

A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 of Fayette County

Fayette County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 28,433 people, 11,054 households, and 7,837 families residing in the county. The population density was 70 people per square mile . There were 11,904 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 1,905 people in the township, 1,031 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Range Township, Madison County
  Range Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Range Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 983 people in the township, 709 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 946 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 748 people in the township, 656 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Union Township
  Union Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,808 people in the township.-Geography:Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Paint Township - north...
  
   - south
• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,766 people in the township, 1,465 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Stokes Township, Madison County
  Stokes Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Stokes Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 746 people in the township, 341 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Most of the village of Bloomingburg

Bloomingburg, Ohio

Bloomingburg is a village in Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The population was 874 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bloomingburg is located at ....

is located in far southeastern 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.