East Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 6,946 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Green Township - north
• Baughman Township - northeast corner
• Sugar Creek Township - east
• Paint Township - southeast corner
• Salt Creek Township - south
• Franklin Township - southwest
• Wooster Township - west
• Wayne Township - northwest corner

The village of Apple Creek is located in southern East Union Township.

Name and history

East Union Township was established in 1814, and named after Union, Maine, the native home of a first settler. It is the only East Union Township statewide.

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, 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.