Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio

Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
Township

The former Wayne Elementary School is just west of Bloomingdale

Location of Wayne Township in Jefferson County
Coordinates: 40°20′27″N 80°49′7″W / 40.34083°N 80.81861°W / 40.34083; -80.81861Coordinates: 40°20′27″N 80°49′7″W / 40.34083°N 80.81861°W / 40.34083; -80.81861
Country United States
State Ohio
County Jefferson
Area
 • Total 38.7 sq mi (100.3 km2)
 • Land 38.6 sq mi (99.9 km2)
 • Water 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation[1] 1,263 ft (385 m)
Population (2000)
 • Total 2,233
 • Density 57.9/sq mi (22.4/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code 39-82180[2]
GNIS feature ID 1086389[1]

Wayne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,233 people in the township, 2,012 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:

The village of Bloomingdale is located in central Wayne Township.

Name and history

Wayne Township was founded in 1805.[4]

It is one of twenty Wayne Townships statewide.[5]

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,[6] 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.

References

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ Jefferson County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
  4. ↑ Doyle, Joseph Beatty (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. p. 513.
  5. ↑ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  6. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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