Paris Township, Stark County, Ohio

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Paris Township, Stark County, Ohio
Township
Location of Paris Township in Stark County
Location of Paris Township in Stark County
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Country United States
State Ohio
County Stark
Area
 • Total 33.8 sq mi (87.4 km2)
 • Land 33.7 sq mi (87.2 km2)
 • Water 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation[1] 938 ft (286 m)
Population (2000)
 • Total 5,969
 • Density 177.3/sq mi (68.5/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 44669
Area code(s) 330
FIPS code 39-59850[2]
GNIS feature ID 1086985[1]

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.[3]

Geography

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

Part of the village of Minerva is located in southeastern Paris Township, and three unincorporated communities lie in the township: New Franklin in the northeast, Paris in the northwest, and Robertsville in the west.

Name and history

Statewide, other Paris Townships are located in Portage and Union counties.

In 1833, Paris Township contained four gristmills, seven saw mills, one fulling mill, one tannery, and five stores.[4]

Government

Historical population
Census Pop.
1820 553
1830 1,513 173.6%
1840 2,474 63.5%
1850 2,740 10.8%
1860 2,657 −3.0%
1870 2,625 −1.2%
1880 2,639 0.5%
1890 2,649 0.4%
1900 2,382 −10.1%
1910 2,351 −1.3%
1920 2,689 14.4%
1930 3,224 19.9%
1940 3,679 14.1%
1950 4,173 13.4%
1960 4,994 19.7%
1970 6,038 20.9%
1990 5,907
2000 5,969 1.0%
[5]

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,[6] 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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  3. Stark County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
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  6. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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