Paulding Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Paulding County

Paulding County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 20,293 people, 7,773 households, and 5,689 families residing in the county. The population density was 49 people per square mile . There were 8,478 housing units at an average density of 20 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 4,008 people in the township, 1,086 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Crane Township
  Crane Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Crane Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,530 people in the township, 1,314 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Emerald Township
  Emerald Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Emerald Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 824 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,886 people in the township, 847 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Latty Township
  Latty Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Latty Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,026 people in the township, 614 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Blue Creek Township
  Blue Creek Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Blue Creek Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 804 people in the township, 506 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Benton Township
  Benton Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Benton Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,035 people in the township, 694 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,566 people in the township, 741 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Carryall Township
  Carryall Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Carryall Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,046 people in the township, 1,306 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Two villages are located in Paulding Township: most of Paulding

Paulding, Ohio

Paulding is a village in and the county seat of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. It is located predominantly in Paulding Township. The population was 3,595 at the 2000 census.-History:...

, the county seat

County seat

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 and largest village of Paulding County, in the northeast; and Latty

Latty, Ohio

Latty is a village in Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The population was 200 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Latty is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

in the southeast.

It is one of two county townships (the other being Jackson Township) without a border on any other county.

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.

External links

• County court website