East Union Township, Ohio
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|official_name = East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio
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|subdivision_name2 = Wayne
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|area_total_km2 = 92.2
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|area_total_sq_mi = 35.6
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|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 6946
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
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East Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 6,946 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Green Township - north
- Baughman Township - northeast corner
- Sugar Creek Township - east
- Paint Township - southeast corner
- Salt Creek Township - south
- Franklin Township - southwest
- Wooster Township - west
- Wayne Township - northwest corner
The unincorporated community of East Union is located in the northern area of the township.[https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1064592 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: East Union, Ohio] Riceland, an unincorporated community situated on U.S. Route 30, straddles the border between East Union Township to the west and Sugar Creek Township to the east.[https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1063402 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riceland, Ohio] The mobile home communities of Wooster Rolling Wheels[https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/2557750 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wooster Rolling Wheels, Ohio] and Whispering Pines Estates[https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/2557758 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whispering Pines Estates, Ohio] are also located in the township.
The village of Apple Creek is located in southern East Union Township.
Name and history
East Union Township was established in 1814, and named after Union, Maine, the native home of a first settler.{{cite book|title=History of Wayne County, Ohio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNYyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA375|year=1910|publisher=B.F. Bowen|page=375}} It is the only East Union Township statewide.{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| publisher = United States Census Bureau| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| format = PDF| access-date =2007-02-16}}
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, 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
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External links
- [https://www.oheut.com/ Township website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070214030757/http://www.waynedevelopment.org/waynemap.html Wayne County township map]
- [http://www.wayneohio.org County website]
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