- Congress Township, Wayne County, Ohio
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Congress Township, Ohio — Township — Municipalities and townships of Wayne County.
Coordinates: 40°57′7″N 82°4′42″W / 40.95194°N 82.07833°WCoordinates: 40°57′7″N 82°4′42″W / 40.95194°N 82.07833°W Country United States State Ohio County Wayne Area – Total 43.5 sq mi (112.6 km2) – Land 43.4 sq mi (112.5 km2) – Water 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) Elevation[1] 1,132 ft (345 m) Population (2000) – Total 4,435 – Density 102.1/sq mi (39.4/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) ZIP code 44287 Area code(s) 419 FIPS code 39-18322[2] GNIS feature ID 1087153[1] Congress Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,435 people in the township, 2,681 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
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Geography
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Harrisville Township, Medina County - north
- Canaan Township - east
- Wayne Township - southeast corner
- Chester Township - south
- Perry Township, Ashland County - southwest corner
- Jackson Township, Ashland County - west
- Homer Township, Medina County - northwest
Three villages are located in Congress Township:
- Part of Burbank, in the northeast
- Congress, in the south
- West Salem, in the northwest
Name and history
Statewide, the only other Congress Township is located in Morrow County.
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,[4] 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
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Wayne County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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Municipalities and communities of Wayne County, Ohio Cities 
Villages Apple Creek | Burbank | Congress | Creston‡ | Dalton | Doylestown | Fredericksburg | Marshallville | Mount Eaton | Shreve | Smithville | West Salem
Townships Baughman | Canaan | Chester | Chippewa | Clinton | Congress | East Union | Franklin | Green | Milton | Paint | Plain | Salt Creek | Sugar Creek | Wayne | Wooster
Unincorporated
communitiesFootnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Townships in Wayne County, Ohio
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