Wayne Township, Wayne County, Ohio

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Wayne Township was established October 12, 1816 and named in honor of General Anthony Wayne.[1]

It was formed from all of the originally surveyed townships 16 and 17 in range 13.[2]

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Quick Facts

Place Names

Present Name Former Name(s) Plat Date
Bloomington 3 Jul 1907; incorporated 30 Jan 1911
Clear Creek
Devil Town Tannertown, Ville
Glory Hole
Jollytown
Little Cincinnati
Madisonburg Layman's Toll Gate 1873
Madisonburg Sub-Station
McCoy's Corners
Mechanicsburg
Milltown
Providence
Tollgate
Wayne
Wayne County Home Old Peoples' Corner
Wooster

Maps

The department has several plat maps for viewing. Plat maps include land owners names and the location of their property.

1807 Federal Survey Map of Wayne Township, Wayne County, Ohio

  • Wayne Township Survey Map 1807

1856 Baker's Map of Wayne County, Ohio

  • 1856 Wayne Township

1873 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio

  • Wayne Township

  • Madisonburg

  • Mechanicsburg

1897 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio

  • Wayne Township

  • Bloomington

  • Madisonburg

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Schools

Active Schools

  • Wooster City Local Schools [3]

Historical One Room Schools

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  • Wooster City Local School, Wayne Township.jpg

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Cemeteries

  • Plainview Cemetery [5]
  • Edenton Cemetery [6]
  • Woodville Cemetery [7]
  • Jordan Cemetery [8]
  • McCollum Cemetery [9]
  • Little Brick Chapel [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 712.
  2. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 57.
  3. ↑ "Wooster City School District." Treasurer | Wooster City Schools. Accessed March 04, 2019. http://www.woostercityschools.org/.
  4. ↑ "Wooster High School". en.wikipedia.org. 2019. 
  5. ↑ "Cemeteries." Wayne Township, Clermont County, Ohio. Accessed March 04, 2019. http://www.wayne-township.org/cemeteries.html.
  6. ↑ "Cemeteries." Wayne Township, Clermont County, Ohio. Accessed March 04, 2019. http://www.wayne-township.org/cemeteries.html.
  7. ↑ "Cemeteries." Wayne Township, Clermont County, Ohio. Accessed March 04, 2019. http://www.wayne-township.org/cemeteries.html.
  8. ↑ "Cemeteries." Wayne Township, Clermont County, Ohio. Accessed March 04, 2019. http://www.wayne-township.org/cemeteries.html.
  9. ↑ "Cemeteries." Wayne Township, Clermont County, Ohio. Accessed March 04, 2019. http://www.wayne-township.org/cemeteries.html.
  10. ↑ "Cemeteries." Wayne Township, Clermont County, Ohio. Accessed March 04, 2019. http://www.wayne-township.org/cemeteries.html.

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