Wayne Township, Belmont County, Ohio
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|image_skyline = Switzerland of Ohio Country Club from SR 26.jpg
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|image_caption = Switzerland of Ohio Country Club, just west of Wilson
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|map_caption = Location of Wayne Township in Belmont County
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|subdivision_name2 = Belmont
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|area_total_km2 = 92.2
|area_land_km2 = 91.2
|area_water_km2 = 1.0
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|population_total = 703
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
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|elevation_m = 325
|elevation_ft = 1066
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|blank_info = 39-82068{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}
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Wayne Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 703 people in the township.{{cite web |title=Wayne township, Belmont County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Wayne_township;_Belmont_County;_Ohio?g=060XX00US3901382068 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=24 May 2023}}
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Goshen Township - north
- Smith Township - northeast
- Washington Township - east
- Sunsbury Township, Monroe County - southeast
- Malaga Township, Monroe County - southwest
- Somerset Township - west
- Warren Township - northwest corner
Part of the village of Wilson is located in southern Wayne Township.
Name and history
Named for Anthony Wayne,{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/centennialhistor00mcke | title=Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens | publisher=Biographical Publishing Company | author=McKelvey, A. T. | year=1903 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/centennialhistor00mcke/page/319 319]}} it is one of twenty Wayne Townships 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}}
In 1833, several gristmills and saw mills were operating in Wayne Township, powered by the waters of Captina Creek.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ | title=The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary | publisher=Scott and Wright | date=1833 | access-date=12 December 2013 | author=Kilbourn, John | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ/page/n519 483]}}
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,[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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
- [http://www.belmontcountyohio.org County website]
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