- East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Infobox Settlement
official_name = East Union Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Wayne County.
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subdivision_name =United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 =Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Waynegovernment_footnotes =
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area_total_km2 = 92.2
area_land_km2 = 92.2
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 35.6
area_land_sq_mi = 35.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 6527
population_density_km2 = 70.8
population_density_sq_mi = 183.4timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 353
elevation_ft = 1158
latd = 40 |latm = 45 |lats = 44 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 49 |longs = 13 |longEW = Wpostal_code_type =
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blank_info = 39-24136GR|2
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footnotes =East Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County,
Ohio ,United States . The 2000 census found 6,527 people in the township, 5,528 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39151 Wayne County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates]Ohio State University , 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]Geography
Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Green Township - north
*Baughman Township - northeast corner
*Sugar Creek Township - east
*Paint Township - southeast corner
*Salt Creek Township - south
*Franklin Township - southwest
*Wooster Township - west
*Wayne Township - northwest cornerThe village of Apple Creek is located in southern East Union Township.
Name and history
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. As of 2007, the members of the board were Louis Amicangelo, Dan Hodge, and Kevin Gray, and the fiscal officer was Valorie Lewis. [ [http://www.eastuniontownship.org/board.shtm#trus East Union Township Board of Trustees] , East Union Township, 2007. Accessed
2007-07-24 .]References
External links
* [http://www.waynedevelopment.org/waynemap.html Wayne County township map]
* [http://www.eastuniontownship.org Township website]
* [http://www.wayneohio.org County website]
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