East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio
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East Union Township is one of the sixteen townships
Civil township
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 of Wayne County
Wayne County, Ohio
Wayne County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States, and is named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. As of the 2010 census, the population was 114,520. Its county seat is Wooster....

, Ohio
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 found 6,527 people in the township, 5,528 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • Green Township
    Green Township, Wayne County, Ohio
    Green Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 12,194 people in the township, 7,078 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - north
  • Baughman Township
    Baughman Township, Wayne County, Ohio
    Baughman Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,699 people in the township, 2,873 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - northeast corner
  • Sugar Creek Township
    Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio
    Sugar Creek Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,502 people in the township, 4,897 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - east
  • Paint Township
    Paint Township, Wayne County, Ohio
    Paint Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,823 people in the township, 2,577 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - southeast corner
  • Salt Creek Township
    Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, Ohio
    Salt Creek Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,783 people in the township, 3,296 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - south
  • Franklin Township
    Franklin Township, Wayne County, Ohio
    Franklin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,485 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Wooster Township - north...

     - southwest
  • Wooster Township
    Wooster Township, Wayne County, Ohio
    Wooster Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,250 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Wayne Township - north...

     - west
  • Wayne Township
    Wayne Township, Wayne County, Ohio
    Wayne Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,034 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Canaan Township - north...

     - northwest corner


The village of Apple Creek
Apple Creek, Ohio
Apple Creek is a village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The population was 999 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Apple Creek is located at ....

is located in southern East Union Township.

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, 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. As of 2007, the members of the board were Louis Amicangelo, Dan Hodge, and Kevin Gray, and the fiscal officer was Valorie Lewis.

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