Country United States County Auglaize FIPS code 39-82054 Elevation 315 m Local time Sunday 12:13 PM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1085775 Area 69.9 km² Population 1,594 (2010) | |
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Wayne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 1,594 people in the township of whom some 747 lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Wayne Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the northeastern part of the county it borders the following townships:
The village of Waynesfield is located in southwestern Wayne Township.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau the area of the township is 27.0 square miles (69.9 km2).
Name and history
It is named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne and is one of twenty Wayne Townships statewide.
The township was formed in either 1834 or 1836 while still part of Allen County.
Government
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to four-year terms beginning the next January 1. Two trustees are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it.
The township fiscal officer is elected in November of the year before the presidential election; he or she serves a four-year term beginning the next April 1. Vacancies on the board of trustees or in the fiscal office are filled by the remaining trustees.
Public services
Children in Wayne Township attend schools of the Waynesfield-Goshen Local School District except in the southeast corner of the township where they are served by the Upper Scioto Valley Local School District.
The township is served by the Waynesfield (zip code 45896) post office except for two small sections served by the Wapakoneta (45895) post office and the Harrod (45850) post office.