WAYNE TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO

'Wayne Township', one of thirteen townships in the county, is located in north-central Butler County, Ohio, United States between Trenton and Oxford. It had a total population of 4,252 in 2000, up from 3,897 in 1990. Exclusive of the two incorporated villages in the township, Jacksonburg and Seven Mile, Wayne Township had a population of 3,766 in 2000. It has an area of thirty-six square miles, comprising one whole survey township in the Congress Lands.

Contents

History

Name

Historic population figures

Geography

Government

Public services

References

External links

History

Wayne was the sixth township of the county, erected from St. Clair Township by the Butler County Commissioners on December 2, 1805, with these boundaries:
:Beginning at the southeast corner of the third township of the third range west of the Miami; thence north with the eastern boundary line of said third range to the north boundary line of the county; thence west with said northern boundary line to the west bounard line of said third range; thence south with the said last-mentioned line to the southwest corner of the aforesaid third township in the third range aforesaid; thence to the place of beginning.

Name

Named for General Anthony Wayne, it is one of twenty Wayne Townships in Ohio.

Historic population figures

★ 1900—1,343

★ 1910—1,267

★ 1920—1,226

★ 1930—1,299

★ 1940—1,402

★ 1950—1,792

★ 1960—2,348

★ 1970—3,803

★ 1980—3,676

★ 1990—3,916

Geography

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

★ Gratis Township, Preble County - north

★ Madison Township - east

★ St. Clair Township - south

★ Hanover Township - southwest corner

★ Milford Township - west

★ Somers Township, Preble County - northwest corner
Two villages are located in Wayne Township: Jacksonburg in the northeast, and part of Seven Mile, in the south.

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.

Public services

The township is in the Edgewood Local School District.
The township is in the Trenton and Seven Mile telephone exchanges.
Major roads are U.S. Route 127 (the principal road between Hamilton and Eaton), and State Routes 73 (the principal road between Oxford and Middletown), 122, 503, and 744.

References

★ Bert S. Barlow, W.H. Todhunter, Stephen D. Cone, Joseph J. Pater, and Frederick Schneider, eds. ''Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio''. Hamilton, Ohio: B.F. Bowen, 1905.

★ Jim Blount. ''The 1900's: 100 Years In the History of Butler County, Ohio.'' Hamilton, Ohio: Past Present Press, 2000.

★ Butler County Engineer's Office. ''Butler County Official Transportation Map, 2003''. Fairfield Township, Butler County, Ohio: The Office, 2003.

★ ''A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers''. Cincinnati, Ohio: Western Biographical Publishing Company, 1882. [1]

★ Ohio. Secretary of State. ''The Ohio municipal and township roster, 2002-2003''. Columbus, Ohio: The Secretary, 2003.

External links

★ County website