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Wooster is a city in Wayne County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Located in northeastern Ohio, the city lies approximately 50 mi (80 km) south-southwest of Cleveland, 35 mi (56 km) southwest of Akron and 30 mi (48 km) west of Canton. The population was 27,232 at the 2020 census. It is the largest in Wayne County, and the center of the Wooster micropolitan area. Wooster has the main branch and administrative offices of the Wayne County Public Library, and is home to the private College of Wooster.

Government

Wooster was originally led by a president and board of trustees, which later on changed to a Mayor-Council system once Wooster was deemed a city in 1869.

Currently, Robert J. Reynolds (R) serves as mayor and the seven-member City Council consist of Mark Cavin (D-1st Ward), Jennifer Warden (D-2nd Ward), David Silvestri (R-3rd Ward), Scott Myers (I-4th Ward), and at-large members Bill Bostansic (D), Jon Ansel (R) and Craig Sanders (R). Meetings are presided over by Mike Buytendyk (R) the City Council president who is elected at-large and only votes to break a tie. Jon Ansel is the council president pro tempore.

List of Presidents and Mayors of Wooster

#	Title	Image	Name (Birth–Death)	Term
1	President	Not Available	Isaiah Jones(b.1774–d.1853)	1818-1819
2	President	Not Available	William Naylor(b. - d.)	1820-1821
3	President		Samuel Quinby(b.1795-d.1874)	1822-1824
4	President	Not Available	Thomas Wilson(b. - d.)	1825
5	President	Not Available	John Smith(b. - d.)	1826
6	President	Not Available	Thomas Wilson(b. - d.)	1827
7	President	Not Available	Jacob M. Cooper(b. - d.)	1828
8	President		Benjamin Jones(b.1776 - d.1861)	1829
9	President	Not Available	Thomas Wilson(b. - d.)	1831
10	President	Not Available	Thomas Wilson(b. - d.)	1832
11	President	Not Available	Matthew Johnston(b-d)	1833
12	President	Not Available	Edward Avery-Mr. Avery, declined to serve so Mr. McConnahay was appointed for this year (b. - d.)	1834
13	President		John Larwill(b.-d.1875)	1835
14	President	Not Available	Lindoll Sprague(b.-d.1881)	1836
15	President	Not Available	Lindoll Sprague(b.-d.1881)	1837
16	President	Not Available	Henry Lehman(b. - d.)	1838
17	President	Not Available	Jacob W. Schuckers(b. - d.)	1839
18	President	Not Available	John H. Harris	1840
19	President	Not Available	Elias Eyster(b. - d.)	1841
20	President	Not Available	Kimball Porter(b. - d.)	1842
21	President	Not Available	Christian Eyster(b. - d.)	1843
22	President	Not Available	Charles E. Graeter (b. - d.)	1844
23	President	Not Available	Henry Lehman(b. - d.)	1845
24	President	Not Available	Evans Parker(b. - d.)	1846
25	President	Not Available	Thomas Williams(b. - d.)	1847
26	President	Not Available	Samuel L. Lorah(b. - d.)	1848
27	President	Not Available	Everett Howard(b. - d.)	1849
28	President		Angus McDonald(b.1818 - d.1894)	1850
29	President	Not Available	Christian Eyster(b. - d.)	1851
30	President	Not Available	Jacob Vanhouten(b. - d.)	1852
31	Mayor	Not Available	Solomon R. Bonewitz(b. - d.)	1853
32	Mayor	Not Available	Solomon R. Bonewitz(b. - d.)	1854
33	Mayor	Not Available	William Childs(b. - d.)	1855
34	Mayor		Isaac N. Jones(b.1818 - d.1878)	1856
35	Mayor	Not Available	Neal McCoy(b. - d.)	1857
36	Mayor	Not Available	Neal McCoy(b. - d.)	1858
37	Mayor	Not Available	Abraham Saybolt Jr.(b. - d.)	1859
38	Mayor		John H. Kauke(b. - d.)	1860
39	Mayor		John H. Kauke(b. - d.)	1861
40	Mayor	Not Available	George Rex(b.1817-d.1877)	1862
41	Mayor	Not Available	Robert R. Donnelly(b. - d.)	1863
42	Mayor	Not Available	Currently Unknown (b. - d.)	1864
43	Mayor	Not Available	George W. Henshaw(b. - d.)	1865
44	Mayor	Not Available	James Curry(b. - d.)	1866
45	Mayor	Not Available	Andrew Wright(b. - d.)	1867
46	Mayor	Not Available	Reasin B. Spink(b. - d.)	1868

#	Title	Image	Name (Birth–Death)	Term
47	Mayor		Charles S. Frost(b.1832–d.1904)	1869-1871
48	Mayor	Not Available	Joseph C. Plumer(b.1821–d.1895)	1871-1873
49	Mayor	Not Available	James Henry(b.–d.)	1873-1875
50	Mayor	Not Available	Owen A. Wilhelm(b. - d.)	1875-1877
51	Mayor		Hiram B. Swartz(b.1846- d.1939)	1877-1879
52	Mayor		Hiram B. Swartz(b.1846 - d.1939)	1879-1881
53	Mayor	Not Available	Dennis W. Kimber(b. - d.)	1881-1883
54	Mayor	Not Available	Dennis W. Kimber(b. - d.)	1883-1885
55	Mayor		Lemuel Jeffries(b.1838 - d.1909)	1885-1887
56	Mayor	Not Available	James R. Woodworth(b. - d.)	1887-1889
57	Mayor	Not Available	James R. Woodworth(b.-d.)	1889-1891
58	Mayor	Not Available	James R. Woodworth(b. - d.)	1891-1893
59	Mayor		Lemuel Jeffries(b.1838-d.1909)	1893-1895
60	Mayor		Lemuel Jeffries(b.1838-d.1909)	1895-1897
61	Mayor		Lemuel Jeffries(b.1838-d.1909)	1897-1899
62	Mayor	Not Available	Robert J. Smith(b. - d.)	1899-1901
63	Mayor	Not Available	Robert J. Smith(b. - d.)	1901-1903
64	Mayor	Not Available	Robert J. Smith	1903-1905
65	Mayor		Marcus M. VanNest(b.–d.1937)	1905-1907
66	Mayor		Marcus M. VanNest(b.–d.1937)	1907-1909
67	Mayor		Marcus M. VanNest(b.–d.1937)	1909-1911
68	Mayor	Not Available	???? (b. - d.)	1911
69	Mayor	Not Available	????(b. - d.)	1913
70	Mayor	Not Available	????(b. - d.)	1915
71	Mayor	Not Available	George A. Fisher(b. - d.)	1917-1919
72	Mayor	Not Available	George A. Fisher(b. - d.)	1919-1921
73	Mayor	Not Available	Marcus R. Limb(b. - d.)	1921-1923
74	Mayor	Not Available	????(b. - d.)	1923-1925
75	Mayor	Not Available	????(b. - d.)	1925-1927
76	Mayor	Not Available	????(b. - d.)	1927-1929
77	Mayor		Jesse W. Ebert(b.–d.1944)	1929-1931
78	Mayor		William L. Long(b.–d.1941)	1934-1939
79	Mayor		Ralph E. Fisher(b.–d.1995)	1940-1948
80	Mayor	Not Available	Francis W. Hillen(b.–d.1950.)	1949-NOV-16-1950
81	Mayor	Not Available	John P. Grassbaugh(b. - d.)	1950-1953
82	Mayor		J. Edwin Johnson(b.–d.1969)	1955-1960
83	Mayor	Not Available	William Lytle(b.-d.)	1961-1962
84	Mayor	Not Available	Jack Lester(b.-d.)	1961-1962
85	Mayor	Not Available	Raleigh E. Cuthbertson(b.1888–d.1974)	1965-1968
86	Mayor	Not Available	Paul Tilford(b.-d.)	1969-1971
87	Mayor	Not Available	Roy P. Stype(b.-d.)	1972- at least 1977
??	Mayor	Not Available	James A. Howey(b.1944 - d.2007)	1996-April 2007
??	Intern	Not Available	Judy Mitten(b. - d.)	April 2007-December 2007
??	Mayor		Robert F. Breneman(b. - d.)	2008-Present

Education

Public education is provided by the Wooster City School District. The district operates one preschool, four elementary schools (grades K–4), one middle school (grades 5–8), and Wooster High School (grades 8–12). The district also operates Boys Village School, an alternative school for boys in grades 6 through 12.

Wooster is home to the College of Wooster, a private liberal arts college, and two campuses of Ohio State University ATI (Agricultural and Technological Institute) and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), a teaching and research facility dedicated to agricultural science.

History

Wooster was home to many different indigenous peoples until the 19th century, when European settlers came into the area and forcibly removed the indigenous tribes living there. John Larwill named the town after General David Wooster, who fought in the Revolutionary War.

Wooster continued to expand, going from a town to a city in 1869, as citizens integrated new technology into their lives and grew even more connected to the wider world. By the 1870s, Wooster had public telephone lines and railroad travelling to Pennsylvania. In 1866, residents raised $92,000 to build the University of Wooster, which would later become the College of Wooster. Wooster's historic downtown was also built around the same time, with businesses like the Quinby Opera House, Underwood Whip Company, and Wooster Brush being established at this time.