Paris Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Portage County

Portage County, Ohio

Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 152,061 at the 2000 Census and 161,419 at the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Ravenna. Portage County is named for the portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,827 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Windham Township
  Windham Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Windham Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,060 people in the township.-Name and history:Named for the town of Windham, Connecticut, it is the only Windham Township statewide....
  
   - north
• Braceville Township, Trumbull County
  Braceville Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Braceville Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,887 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships and village:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Newton Township, Trumbull County
  Newton Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Newton Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,524 people in the township, 4,522 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Milton Township, Mahoning County
  Milton Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Milton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,107 people in the township, 2,853 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Palmyra Township
  Palmyra Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Palmyra Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,785 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Edinburg Township
  Edinburg Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Edinburg Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,344 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Charlestown Township
  Charlestown Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Charlestown Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,003 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Freedom Township - north...
  
   - west
• Freedom Township
  Freedom Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Freedom Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,751 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Paris Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Wayland

Wayland, Ohio

Wayland is an unincorporated community in western Paris Township, Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is located at latitude 41.161 and longitude -81.071, with an elevation of 948 feet. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44285...

 lies in the western part of the township.

Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve

Connecticut Western Reserve

The Connecticut Western Reserve was land claimed by Connecticut from 1662 to 1800 in the Northwest Territory in what is now northeastern Ohio.-History:...

, Paris Township covers an area of 23 sq mi (59.6 km²).

Name and history

Statewide, other Paris Townships are located in 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:...

 and Union

Paris Township, Union County, Ohio

Paris Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 17,549 people in the township, 1,617 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.