Wayne Township is one of the thirteen
townships of
Clinton County Clinton County may refer to:
*Counties named for George Clinton, first and third Governor of New York, and later the fourth Vice President of the United States:
**Clinton County, New York
** Clinton County, Ohio
*Counties named for DeWitt Clinton, ...
,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 700.
Geography
Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Richland Township – north
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Concord Township, Fayette County – northeast
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Green Township, Fayette County – east
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Fairfield Township, Highland County – southeast
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Green Township – southwest
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Union Township – west corner
The entire township lies in the
Virginia Military District
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and has an area of .
No municipalities are located in Wayne Township, although the
unincorporated community
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of
Lees Creek lies in the township's center.
Name and history
Named in honor of General
"Mad Anthony" Wayne, it is one of twenty
Wayne Townships statewide.
Wayne Township was erected in 1837 by the Clinton County Commissioners from parts of
Green
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and
Richland townships.
Transportation
Major roads in Wayne Township are State Routes
72 and
729.
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
*Clinton County Historical Society. ''Clinton County, Ohio, 1982''. Wilmington, Ohio
Wilmington is a city in Clinton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 12,664 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Micropolitan statistical area, Wilmington micropolitan area ...
: The Society, 1982.
*''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. 6th ed. Yarmouth, Maine
Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, twelve miles north of the state's largest city, Portland, Maine, Portland. When originally settled in 1636, as North Yarmouth, Maine, North Yarmouth, it was part of the Massachusetts ...
: DeLorme, 2001.
* Ohio. Secretary of State. ''The Ohio municipal and township roster, 2002-2003''. Columbus, Ohio
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: The Secretary, 2003.
External links
County website
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Townships in Clinton County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
1837 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1837