Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Wayne Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Township
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	Location of Wayne Township in Muskingum County
	Coordinates: 39°53′49″N 81°55′55″W / 39.89694°N 81.93194°W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Muskingum
Area
• Total	24.6 sq mi (63.7 km2)
• Land	24.3 sq mi (62.8 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.9 km2)
Elevation	896 ft (273 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	4,892
• Density	200/sq mi (77/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-82236
GNIS feature ID	1086737

Wayne Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,892 people in the township.

Geography

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

Washington Township - north
Perry Township - northeast
Salt Creek Township - east
Blue Rock Township - southeast
Harrison Township - south
Brush Creek Township - southwest
Springfield Township - west
Falls Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Wayne Township, although the unincorporated community of Duncan Falls lies in the southeastern part of the township.

Name and history

Wayne Township was named for Anthony Wayne.^[4] It is one of twenty Wayne Townships statewide.^[5]

By the 1830s, Wayne Township had a church and two salt works.^[6]

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,^[7] 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

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Wayne township, Muskingum County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Everhart, F.J. (1882). 1794. History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent men and pioneers. F.J. Everhart & Co. p. 393.
^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
^ Kilbourn, John (1833). The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary. Scott and Wright. pp. 483. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

County website

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[GR3-1] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[2] "Wayne township, Muskingum County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2023.

[GR2-3] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[4] Everhart, F.J. (1882). 1794. History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent men and pioneers. F.J. Everhart & Co. p. 393.

[5] "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.

[6] Kilbourn, John (1833). The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary. Scott and Wright. pp. 483. Retrieved December 12, 2013.

[7] §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Zanesville
City	Zanesville	Map of Ohio highlighting Muskingum County
Villages	Adamsville Dresden Frazeysburg Fultonham Gratiot‡ New Concord Norwich Philo Roseville‡ South Zanesville
Townships	Adams Blue Rock Brush Creek Cass Clay Falls Harrison Highland Hopewell Jackson Jefferson Licking Madison Meigs Monroe Muskingum Newton Perry Rich Hill Salem Salt Creek Springfield Union Washington Wayne
CDPs	Duncan Falls East Fultonham Nashport North Zanesville Pleasant Grove Trinway
Unincorporated communities	Adams Mills Bloomfield Blue Rock Bridgeville Cannelville Chandlersville Coal Hill Cottage Hill Darlington Dillon Falls Ellis Freeland Gaysport Gilbert High Hill Hopewell Ironspot Irville Licking View Marquand Mills Mattingly Settlement Meadow Farm Mount Sterling Moxahala Park Museville Otsego Rix Mills Ruraldale Sonora Spratt Stovertown Sundale White Cottage Young Hickory Zeno
Former communities	Putnam
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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