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The Wayne Township handbook

Living in Wayne Township, OH: what to set up and who to call

Most mail in Wayne Township goes to 44691 (91% of residents), one of 2 ZIP codes in town. Trains stop in Wayne Township, at Barrel Train Station.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Wayne Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Wayne Township.

Electricity

Power comes from AEP Ohio

AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves 81.7% of Wayne Township residents. Its homes paid an average of 19.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $179 a month (its average across Ohio, for customers on its standard service). Ohio lets you buy power from another supplier; 60% of AEP Ohio’s home customers do, and AEP Ohio still delivers it.

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Wooster City PWS

Wooster City PWS supplies Wayne Township: about 17% of residents live in its service area. Spruce Tree Village MHP serves another 12%. Smithville Western Limited serves another 9%. About 58% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 26,618 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile2.1 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 71% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. OH8504512.

Internet

8 home internet providers serve Wayne Township

100% of 1,736 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 93% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
MCTVFiber, Cable99%1,000/1,000
BrightspeedFiber, DSL34%2,000/2,000
Untangled.NetworkFixed wireless93%1,000/1,000
AT&TFixed wireless54%25/3
T-MobileFixed wireless52%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless43%300/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Wayne Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Wayne Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Wayne Township or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Wayne Township kids go to
K–45 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
5–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Wayne Township (73%) is in Wooster City School District; parts are in Green Local School District (26%).

BSchool gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2020; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Wayne Township spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Wayne Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Wayne TownshipZIP’s residents in Wayne Township
44691Wooster, OH91%8%
44677Smithville, OH9%12%

A few homes fall in 44217.

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Wayne Township

Who supplies Wayne Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Wooster City PWS (EPA ID OH8504512). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.1 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Wayne Township?

AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 19.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Wayne Township?

MCTV, Brightspeed, Untangled.Network, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Wayne Township?

44691 (91%), 44677 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Wayne Township in?

Wooster City School District. Parts of the city are in Green Local School District.

How do I register to vote in Wayne Township?

In Ohio you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Director, Wayne County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.ohiosos.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.