Wayne Township, Butler County, Ohio
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Wayne Township, one of thirteen in the county, is located in north-central Butler County, Ohio, United Statesm between Trenton and Oxford. It had a total population of 4,252 in 2000, up from 3,897 in 1990. Exclusive of the two incorporated villages in the township, Jacksonburg and Seven Mile, Wayne Township had a population of 3,766 in 2000. It has an area of thirty-six square miles, comprising one whole survey township in the Congress Lands. It is named for General Anthony Wayne and is one of twenty Wayne Townships in Ohio.
Wayne was the sixth township of the county, erected from St. Clair Township by the Butler County Commissioners on December 2, 1805, with these boundaries:
- Beginning at the southeast corner of the third township of the third range west of the Miami; thence north with the eastern boundary line of said third range to the north boundary line of the county; thence west with said northern boundary line to the west bounard line of said third range; thence south with the said last-mentioned line to the southwest corner of the aforesaid third township in the third range aforesaid; thence to the place of beginning.
It is bounded on the south by St. Clair Township, on the southwest by Hanover Township, on the west by Milford Township, on the northwest by Somers Township in Preble County, on the north by Gratis Township in Preble County, and on the west by Madison Township.
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.
The township is in the Edgewood Local School District.
The township is in the Trenton and Seven Mile telephone exchanges.
Major roads are U.S. Route 127 (the principal road between Hamilton and Eaton), and State Routes 73 (the principal road between Oxford and Middletown), 122, 503, and 744.
[edit] Historic population figures
- 1900--1,343
- 1910--1,267
- 1920--1,226
- 1930--1,299
- 1940--1,402
- 1950--1,792
- 1960--2,348
- 1970--3,803
- 1980--3,676
- 1990--3,916
[edit] References
- Bert S. Barlow, W.H. Todhunter, Stephen D. Cone, Joseph J. Pater, and Frederick Schneider, eds. Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio. Hamilton, Ohio: B.F. Bowen, 1905.
- Jim Blount. The 1900's: 100 Years In the History of Butler County, Ohio. Hamilton, Ohio: Past Present Press, 2000.
- Butler County Engineer's Office. Butler County Official Transportation Map, 2003. Fairfield Township, Butler County, Ohio: The Office, 2003.
- A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers. Cincinnati, Ohio: Western Biographical Publishing Company, 1882. [1]
- Ohio. Secretary of State. The Ohio municipal and township roster, 2002-2003. Columbus, Ohio: The Secretary, 2003.
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Butler County, Ohio Hamilton, county seat |
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| Municipalities |
College Corner | Fairfield | Hamilton | Jacksonburg | Middletown | Millville | Monroe | New Miami | Oxford | Seven Mile | Sharonville | Somerville | Trenton |
| Townships |
Fairfield | Hanover | Lemon | Liberty | Madison | Milford | Morgan | Oxford | Reily | Ross | St. Clair | Wayne | West Chester |
| Census-designated places |
Beckett Ridge | Olde West Chester | Ross | South Middletown | Wetherington |
| Other places |
Alert | Bethany | Blue Ball | Collinsville | Heno | Mauds | McGonigle | Okeana | Overpeck | Poasttown | Port Union | Scipio | Shandon | Woodsdale |
