Paris Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 27,167 people in the township.
Geography Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships: Taylor Township - north Leesburg Township - northeast Dover Township - east Millcreek Township - southeast Darby Township - south Union Township - southwest Allen Township - west Liberty Township - northwest
The majority of the city of Marysville, the county seat of Union County, is located in Paris Township.
Name and history Paris Township was established in 1821. Statewide, other Paris Townships are located in Portage and Stark counties.
In Ted Lasso Season 3, Episode 8 (“We’ll Never Have Paris”), Ted references that there are three Parises in Ohio.
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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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
External links Union County website