Wayne Township (Clinton County, Ohio)

Clinton County

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Wayne Township is one of 13 townships of Clinton County in the U.S. state of Ohio. According to the census in 2000 737 inhabitants were registered here.

Geography

Wayne Township is located in the extreme east of Clinton County in the mid- southwestern Ohio and borders clockwise to the townships: Richland Township, Concord Township, Fayette County, Green Township ( Fayette County), Fairfield Township, Highland County, Green Township and Union Township.

History

The Township was formed in 1837. It was named after Anthony Wayne, an American general who had participated in both the War of Independence of the United States against the British crown and the Indian Wars.

Management

The township is administered by a Board of Trustees consisting of three elected members. Two persons are elected in the year after the presidential election and one each in the previous year. The term of office lasts four years, beginning on 1 January. There is also a Township Clerk ( responsible for finance and budget), which is also elected in the year before the presidential election to a four -year term. Whose term of office begins on April 1.