Wayne County Sheriff

Current Contact Information
Address	201 W North St
City, State, Zip	Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone	Phone: (330) 264-8572 Fax: (330) 287-5769
Contact Person	Travis Hutchinson
Contact Title	Wayne County, Ohio Sheriff
Last updated	2020-02

Wayne County Sheriff

Type	Police Protection; Legislative Bodies; Law enforcement; Sheriff's Department
Industry	Public Administration
Fate	Active
Founded	Wooster, Ohio (1812 (1812))
Headquarters	Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	201 W North St, Wooster, Ohio
Area served	Wayne County, Ohio
Key people	Thomas Maurer Charles Hardman Larry Strasbaugh Travis Hutchinson

Sheriff's

1814-1941 from Roster of Wayne Co. Officials. Tuesday, 1949-09-06 photocopy and History of Wayne County, Ohio. Compiled and edited by Members of The Wayne County History Book Committee, 1987.

• 1812 to 1814 - Josiah Crawford
• 1814 to 1818 - Robert Orr
• 1818 to 1820 - John Updegraff
• 1820 to 1824 - Joseph Barkdull
• 1824 to 1828 - John Smith
• 1828 to 1832 - Thomas Robinson
• 1832 to 1836 - Mathias Johnston
• 1836 to 1838 - Daniel Yarnell
• 1838 to 1842 - M. C. Shant
• 1842 to 1846 - Samuel Kermickel
• 1846 to 1848 - Samuel Cutter
• 1848 to 1852 - George W. Lorah
• 1852 to 1856 - John Bechtel
• 1856 to 1858 - Neal McCoy
• 1858 to 1860 - W. A. Eaken
• 1860 to 1864 - Joshua Wilson
• 1864 to 1868 - John B. France}}
• 1868 to 1872 - George Steele
• 1872 to 1876 - Jacob R. Bowman
• 1876 to 1878 - William Coulter
• 1878 to 1880 - William Coulter
• 1880 to 1882 - H. E. Messmore
• 1882 to 1884 - H. E. Messmore
• 1884 to 1886 - Jacob Mougey
• 1886 to 1888 - Jacob Mougey
• 1888 to 1890 - E. A. Brown
• 1890 to 1892 - E. A. Brown
• 1892 to . - John Brown (Vice E. A. Brown deceased)
• 1892 to 1894 - Cyrus D. Smith
• 1894 to 1896 - W. W. Garver
• 1896 to 1898 - W. W. Garver
• 1898 to 1900 - J. S. McCoy
• 1900 to 1902 - J. S. McCoy
• 1902 to 1904 - Armstrong Brown
• 1904 to 1906 - Armstrong Brown
• 1906 to 1908 - W. M. Caskey
• 1908 to . - W. M. Caskey
• 1911 to 1915 - Marcus Van Nest
• 1915 to 1918 - Milton C. Miller
• 1918 to 1923 - George Lautzenheiser
• 1923 to 1927 - Andrew W. Bucher
• 1927 to 1929 - Albert F. Jacot
• 1929 to 1933 - Clark Shearer
• 1933 to 1937 - Charles A. Nauman
• 1937 to 1949 - E. E. Mills
• 1949 to 1973 - Gene Rike
• 1973 to 1981 - James M. Frost
• 1981 to . - Loran D. Alexander
• . to . - Loran D. Alexander
• . to 1993 - Loran D. Alexander
• 1993 to 1997 - Loran D. Alexander
• 1997 to 2005 - Thomas G. Maurer
• 2005 to 2009 - Thomas G. Maurer
• 2009 to 2013 - Thomas G. Maurer
• 2013 to . - Travis Hutchinson

Locations

• 201 W. North St., Wooster, Ohio 44691

Timeline

• 1812 - The first Sheriff in Wayne County, Ohio is Josiah Crawford

Newspaper articles

Newspaper full-text articles

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  Jail Renovation Wheels Go from Spinning to Turning. Daily Record, 1990 MAR 08

What Links Here

• Bechtel Path, Wooster, Ohio ‎ (← links)
• File:20160420105015043 Page 34.jpg ‎ (← links)
• Kister Mill ‎ (← links)
• File:Wayne County Jail and Sheriffs Residence.jpg ‎ (← links)
• File:CoJail-SanbornMaps1888.PNG ‎ (← links)
• File:WayneCoJail-SanbornMaps1898.PNG ‎ (← links)
• File:WayneCountyJail-SanbornMaps1905.PNG ‎ (← links)
• File:WayneCoJail-SanbornMaps1911.PNG ‎ (← links)
• File:WayneCoJail-SanbornMaps1923.PNG ‎ (← links)
• File:WayneCoJail-SanbornMaps1930.PNG ‎ (← links)
• File:WayneCoJail-SanbornMaps1930-1940.PNG ‎ (← links)
• Tremont House ‎ (← links)
• Wayne County Ohio - History of ‎ (← links)
• Newspaper article:20160420105015043 Page 34 - The Daily Record December 12 2022 ‎ (← links)
• Newspaper article:20160420105015043 Page 34 - The Daily Record March 8 1990 ‎ (← links)