Wooster 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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United States Census, 2000

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 found 5,250 people in the township.

Geography

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

• 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...
  
   - north
• 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:...
  
   - northeast corner
• East Union Township
  East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  East Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,527 people in the township, 5,528 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• 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...
  
   - south
• Clinton Township
  Clinton Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Clinton Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,196 people in the township, 1,614 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Plain Township
  Plain Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Plain Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,894 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Chester Township - north...
  
   - west
• Chester Township
  Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Chester Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,845 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Congress Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

Much of Wooster Township is occupied by the city of Wooster

Wooster, Ohio

Wooster is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Wayne County. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio approximately SSW of Cleveland and SW of Akron. Wooster is noted as the location of The College of Wooster...

, the county seat

County seat

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of Wayne 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 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.

External links

• Wayne County township map
• County website
• Wooster Township Fire & Rescue