Paint Township, Highland County, Ohio
Township
Old mill site on Rocky Fork Creek
Location of Paint Township in Highland County
Coordinates: 39°13′13″N 83°26′39″W / 39.22028°N 83.44417°W / 39.22028; -83.44417
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Highland
Area
• Total	58.6 sq mi (151.8 km2)
• Land	55.8 sq mi (144.6 km2)
• Water	2.8 sq mi (7.2 km2)
Elevation [1]	938 ft (286 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	4,850
• Density	83/sq mi (32/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-59500[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086310[1]

Paint Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,850.

Geography

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

• Madison Township - north
• Paint Township, Ross County - northeast
• Paxton Township, Ross County - east
• Perry Township, Pike County - southeast
• Brushcreek Township - south, east of Marshall Township
• Marshall Township - south, west of Brushcreek Township
• Liberty Township - southwest
• Penn Township - west
• Fairfield Township - northwest

No municipalities are located in Paint Township. The unincorporated community of Rainsboro is along US-50 in the township.

Major highways

Name and history

Paint Township takes its name from Paint Creek.^[4] It is one of six Paint Townships statewide.^[5]

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,^[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.