Wayne Township, Belmont County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Wayne Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Belmont County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 92.4
area_land_km2 = 92.0
area_water_km2 = 0.4
area_total_sq_mi = 35.7
area_land_sq_mi = 35.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 624
population_density_km2 = 6.8
population_density_sq_mi = 17.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 325
elevation_ft = 1066
latd = 39 |latm = 54 |lats = 1 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 4 |longs = 16 |longEW = W

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Wayne Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 624 people in the township, 587 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39013 Belmont County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Goshen Township - north
*Smith Township - northeast
*Washington Township - east
*Sunsbury Township, Monroe County - southeast
*Malaga Township, Monroe County - southwest
*Somerset Township - west
*Warren Township - northwest corner

Part of the village of Wilson is located in southern Wayne Township.

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.belmontcountyohio.org County website]