Wooster Township, Wayne County, Ohio

Wooster Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,615 people in the township.

Wooster Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Township
This old schoolhouse is on Route 226
Location of Wooster Township in Wayne County
Coordinates: 40°46′53″N 81°56′34″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Wayne
Area
• Total	20.3 sq mi (52.7 km2)
• Land	20.3 sq mi (52.5 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation [1]	850 ft (259 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	4,615
• Density	227.3/sq mi (87.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	44691
Area code	330
FIPS code	39-86562[3]
GNIS feature ID	1087164[1]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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,^[6] 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.