Canaan Township, Wayne County, Ohio

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


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

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area_total_km2 = 95.8
area_land_km2 = 95.8
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 37.0
area_land_sq_mi = 37.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4736
population_density_km2 = 49.4
population_density_sq_mi = 128.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 310
elevation_ft = 1017
latd = 40 |latm = 58 |lats = 12 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 55 |longs = 31 |longEW = W

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Canaan Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,736 people in 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 northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Westfield Township, Medina County - north
*Guilford Township, Medina County - northeast corner
*Milton Township - east
*Green Township - southeast corner
*Wayne Township - south
*Chester Township - southwest corner
*Congress Township - west
*Harrisville Township, Medina County - northwest

Parts of two villages are located in Canaan Township: Burbank in the northwest, and Creston in the northeast.

Name and history

Statewide, other Canaan Townships are located in Athens, Madison, and Morrow Counties.

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.waynedevelopment.org/waynemap.html Wayne County township map]
* [http://www.wayneohio.org County website]