Wayne Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

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


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

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area_total_km2 = 69.0
area_land_km2 = 68.8
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 26.6
area_land_sq_mi = 26.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1743
population_density_km2 = 25.3
population_density_sq_mi = 65.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 292
elevation_ft = 958
latd = 40 |latm = 35 |lats = 38 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 37 |longs = 2 |longEW = W

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Wayne Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,743 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39177 Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Sugar Creek Township, Stark County - north
*Franklin Township - east
*Sugar Creek Township - south
*Walnut Creek Township, Holmes County - southwest
*Paint Township, Holmes County - northwest

No municipalities are located in Wayne Township, although the unincorporated community of Dundee lies at the center of the 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 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. The current trustees are Quentin Schwartz, Dan Silvius, and Fred Snyder, and the fiscal officer is Susan Stein. [ [http://www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us/Engineer/Trustees.htm Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Engineer: Joseph S. Bachman] . Tuscarawas County. Accessed 2007-06-01.]

References

External links

* [http://www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us County website]