Wayne Township is one of the sixteen
townships of
Wayne County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 4,005 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Canaan Township - north
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Milton Township - northeast corner
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Green Township - east
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East Union Township - southeast corner
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Wooster Township - south
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Plain Township - southwest corner
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Chester Township - west
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Congress Township - northwest corner
The
unincorporated communities of
Devil Town (previously known as Tannersville) and
Mechanicsburg (not to be confused with the village of
Mechanicsburg, which is in
Champaign County) are located in the southwestern quadrant of the township. Devil Town is situated at the intersection of Mechanicsburg Road and Clear Creek Valley Road. Mechanicsburg is centered around the intersection of Mechanicsburg Road and Smithville Western Road.
The city of
Wooster, the
county seat
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of Wayne County, occupies much of southern Wayne Township.
Name and history
It is one of twenty
Wayne Townships statewide.
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
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. 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
Wayne County township mapCounty website
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Townships in Wayne County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio