Wooster Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,615 people in the township.
Geography Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships: Wayne Township - north Green Township - northeast corner East Union Township - east Franklin Township - south Clinton Township - southwest corner Plain Township - west Chester Township - northwest corner
The unincorporated communities of Honeytown, Westwood (not to be confused with the Westwood neighborhood of the city of Cincinnati), Burnetts Corners, and Hillcrest (not to be confused with the unincorporated community of the same name in Warren County) are located in the township.U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Township of Wooster, Ohio
Much of Wooster Township is occupied by the city of Wooster, the county seat of Wayne County.
Name and history It is the only Wooster Township statewide.
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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.
References
External links Wayne County township map County website Wooster Township Fire & Rescue