Paint Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,850.
Located in the east part of the county, it borders the following townships:
No municipalities are located in Paint Township. The unincorporated community of Rainsboro is along US-50 in the township. The census-designated places of Highland Holiday and Rocky Fort Point are both located in the township's southern edge.
Paint Township takes its name from Paint Creek. It is one of six Paint Townships statewide.
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, 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.