CONGRESS TOWNSHIP, WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO

Municipalities and townships of Wayne County.

'Congress Township' is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,435 people in the township, 2,681 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

Geography


Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

★ Harrisville Township, Medina County - north

★ Canaan Township - east

★ Wayne Township - southeast corner

★ Chester Township - south

★ Perry Township, Ashland County - southwest corner

★ Jackson Township, Ashland County - west

★ Homer Township, Medina County - northwest
Three villages are located in Congress Township:

★ Part of Burbank, in the northeast

★ Congress, in the south

★ West Salem, in the northwest

Name and history


Statewide, the only other Congress Township is located in Morrow County.

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References


1. Wayne County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links



★ Wayne County township map

★ County website

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