East Union Township is one of the sixteen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of
Wayne County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 6,946 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Green Township - north
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Baughman Township - northeast corner
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Sugar Creek Township - east
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Paint Township - southeast corner
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Salt Creek Township - south
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Franklin Township - southwest
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Wooster Township - west
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Wayne Township - northwest corner
The
unincorporated community
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of
East Union is located in the northern area of the township.
Riceland, an unincorporated community situated on
U.S. Route 30
U.S. Route 30 or U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route of the United States Numbered Highway System, with the highway traveling across the Northern U.S. With a length of , it is the third-longest U.S. Highway, afte ...
, straddles the border between East Union Township to the west and
Sugar Creek Township to the east. The
mobile home communities of Wooster Rolling Wheels and Whispering Pines Estates are also located in the township.
The village of
Apple Creek is located in southern East Union Township.
Name and history
East Union Township was established in 1814, and named after
Union, Maine
Union is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,383 at the 2020 census. It is home to the Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage and annual Union Fair.
History
Union was part of a tract of land called the Muscongus Pat ...
, the native home of a first settler. It is the only East Union Township 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, 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
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Wayne County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio