Origins of the Names of Wayne County Townships

Listed below are the Township name, the date of organization, and the origin of the Township name.
Wooster Township, 1812 – Named after General David Wooster
Sugar Creek Township, 1812 – From creek
East Union Township, 1814 – Named by Simon Chaiffin Sr., who was from Union, Maine
Chippewa Township, 1815 – Indian tribe
Baughman Township, 1816 – John Baughman, first white settler
Chester Township, 1816 – Prevalence of Chestnut trees
Paint Township, 1816 – From spring that imparted colors to the earth
Salt Creek Township, 1816 – From creek
Wayne Township, 1816 – General Anthony Wayne
Green Township, 1817 – Major General Nathaniel Greene
Congress Township, 1818 – Congress of the United States
Plain Township, 1817 – Because of its terrain
Milton Township, 1818 – Named by a commissioner who objected to a proposed name of ‘Center Swamp Township’.
Canaan Township, 1819 – Biblical land of Canaan
Franklin Township, 1820 – Benjamin Franklin
Clinton Township, 1825 – In honor of Gov. DeWitt Clinton

From the publication, Wayne County Scrapbook, compliments of McIntyre Davis & Greene Funeral Home, 216 E. Larwill, Wooster.