Wayne Township, Champaign County, Ohio

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official_name = Wayne Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Wayne Twp., Champaign County, Ohio


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Champaign

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area_total_km2 = 84.0
area_land_km2 = 83.9
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 32.4
area_land_sq_mi = 32.4
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population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1660
population_density_km2 = 19.8
population_density_sq_mi = 51.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 364
elevation_ft = 1194
latd = 40 |latm = 10 |lats = 42 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 38 |longs = 10 |longEW = W

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Wayne Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,660 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39021 Champaign County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 12 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Zane Township, Logan County - northeast
*Rush Township - east
*Goshen Township - southeast corner
*Union Township - south
*Salem Township - west
*Monroe Township, Logan County - northwest

No municipalities are located in Wayne Township, although two unincorporated communities lie in the township: Cable in the center, and Mingo in the north.

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.champaign.oh.us County website]
* [http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/pdf/cotwpmap.pdf County & Township Map of Ohio] (PDF object)