Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio

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official_name = Wayne Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Fayette County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 119.5
area_land_km2 = 119.5
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 46.1
area_land_sq_mi = 46.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1367
population_density_km2 = 11.4
population_density_sq_mi = 29.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 281
elevation_ft = 922
latd = 39 |latm = 28 |lats = 21 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 21 |longs = 0 |longEW = W

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Wayne Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,367 people in township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39047 Fayette County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Marion Township - north
*Perry Township, Pickaway County - northwest corner
*Deerfield Township, Ross County - far east
*Concord Township, Ross County - southeast
*Buckskin Township, Ross County - far south
*Madison Township, Highland County - south corner
*Perry Township - west
*Union Township - northwest

Wayne Township is the only township in Fayette County to border Ross County, other than at a corner point.

No municipalities are located in Wayne Township, although the unincorporated community of Good Hope lies in the township's center.

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.

As of 2007 the current township trustees are Ronlad Weade, Marie Fetters, and Richard Boggs.fact|date=July 2007

References

External links

* [http://www.fayette-co-oh.com County website]