Editing Paulding County, Ohio (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|419|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|416|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.4|sqmi}} (0.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_39.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 10, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504223453/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_39.txt|archive-date=May 4, 2014}}</ref>

The center of the county is 723 feet above sea level,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/city/Paulding-Ohio.html|title = Paulding, Ohio (OH 45879) profile: Population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders}}</ref> and the rest of the county does not vary much from that. The land is the most level of any county in the state, and plats look like a checkerboard, with roads every mile. This level terrain resulted in Paulding County being entirely within the [[Great Black Swamp]], unlike any other.

The county contains U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 127|127]], [[U.S. Route 24|24]], and [[U.S. Route 30|30]] (the Lincoln Highway). There are two major rivers, the [[Auglaize River|Auglaize]] and the [[Maumee River|Maumee]], as well as numerous small creeks. The largest bodies of water are manmade ponds.

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Defiance County, Ohio|Defiance County]] (north)
* [[Putnam County, Ohio|Putnam County]] (east)
* [[Van Wert County, Ohio|Van Wert County]] (south)
* [[Allen County, Indiana]] (west)