Paris Township, Union County, Ohio

See also: Paris Township, Ohio (disambiguation)

Paris Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 27,167 people in the township.

Paris Township, Union County, Ohio
Township
The Ellis Mounds in the township
Location of Paris Township in Union County
Coordinates: 40°14′23″N 83°22′16″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Union
Area
• Total	36.4 sq mi (94.3 km2)
• Land	36.3 sq mi (94.0 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation [1]	1,004 ft (306 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	27,167
• Density	748.4/sq mi (289.0/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-59864[3]
GNIS feature ID	1087082[1]

Although Paris Township includes most of Marysville, much of the northern part of township is still farm fields.

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.^[4] 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.^[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.