Congress Township, Wayne County, Ohio

Congress Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,439 people in the township.

Congress Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Township
Deerlick Farmhouse
Location of Congress Township in Wayne County
Coordinates: 40°57′7″N 82°4′42″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Wayne
Area
• Total	43.5 sq mi (112.6 km2)
• Land	43.4 sq mi (112.5 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation [1]	1,132 ft (345 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	4,439
• Density	102.3/sq mi (39.5/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	44287
Area code	419
FIPS code	39-18322[3]
GNIS feature ID	1087153[1]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Harrisville Township, Medina County - north
• Canaan Township - east
• Wayne Township - southeast corner
• Chester Township - south
• Perry Township, Ashland County - southwest corner
• Jackson Township, Ashland County - west
• Homer Township, Medina County - northwest

Three villages are located in Congress Township:

• Part of Burbank, in the northeast
• Congress, in the south
• West Salem, in the northwest

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Congress Township is located in Morrow County.

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,^[4] 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.

Notable people

• Henry Totten, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and business, was born in the township.^[5]