[5] It is located predominantly in Paulding Township about 64 miles (103 km) southwest of Toledo.

[6] The town square is devoted to the courthouse, an orange brick structure surrounded by trees upon a spacious lawn.

Paulding was once home to Betty Zane popcorn, but that disappeared in the early 20th century.

Many manufacturing facilities have come and gone, producing such products as glass mailboxes, ink wells, and brake linings.

Paulding High School sports participate in the Green Meadows Conference, an athletic body sanctioned by the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA).

The graduating class of 1970 included the last Paulding students who experienced a one-room schoolhouse, as they had attended the first grade at Emerald.

That was a fairly pleasant transition, unlike 1971, when many county residents were outraged to learn Dr. Martin Essex of the Ohio State Board of Education had revoked the charters of 4 of the 6 Paulding County schools, asserting that they were too small to offer a good education.

The dominant daily newspaper is the Defiance Crescent-News with some readers choosing the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Toledo Blade, and Lima News, in that order.

Paulding residents are part of the Fort Wayne, Indiana television market.

WPAU is an online streaming radio station offering a commercial-free format of oldies and Paulding County high school sports.

Also licensed to Paulding is WKSD 99.7 FM, a commercial oldies and sports radio station based in Van Wert.