Wayne Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Clermont County

Clermont County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 5,025 people in the township, 4,533 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Harlan Township, Warren County
  Harlan Township, Warren County, Ohio
  Harlan Township, one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States, and the last to be formed in that county, is located in the southeast corner of the county...
  
   - north
• Marion Township, Clinton County
  Marion Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,489 people in the township, 1,269 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township, up from 5,186 in 1990.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Perry Township, Brown County
  Perry Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,830 people in the township, 4,367 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2576 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Stonelick Township
  Stonelick Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Stonelick Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,816 people in the township, 5,000 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Goshen Township
  Goshen Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Goshen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,663 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

The village of Newtonsville

Newtonsville, Ohio

Newtonsville is a village in Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 492 at the 2000 census.-History:The Village of Newtonsville was laid out on March 30, 1838 by Stephen Whitaker and Cornelius Washburn and contained thirty-two lots and four streets, Amity, Main, Liberty and...

is located in southwestern Wayne Township.

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.