Wayne Township is one of the eighteen
townships of
Columbiana County
Columbiana County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 101,877. The county seat is Lisbon and its largest city is Salem. Created in 1803, the county name is derived from that of 15th-centur ...
,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 797.
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Center Township - north
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Elkrun Township - northeast corner
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Madison Township - east
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Washington Township - south
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Franklin Township - west
No municipalities are located in Wayne Township.
Name and history
It is one of twenty
Wayne Townships statewide.
The township was organized in 1806.
On July 26, 1863, Confederate Brig. Gen.
John Hunt Morgan and his command surrendered to Federal forces on the Gavers-West Point Road one mile east of Prosperity Corners.
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 April 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.
Township Trustees
*Jim May, Chairman
Fiscal Officer
*Philadelphia D. Howells
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Columbiana County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
1806 establishments in Ohio