Wayne Township is one of the ten townships

Civil township

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 of Fayette County

Fayette County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 28,433 people, 11,054 households, and 7,837 families residing in the county. The population density was 70 people per square mile . There were 11,904 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 1,367 people in township.

Geography

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

• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 748 people in the township, 656 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Perry Township, Pickaway County
  Perry Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,319 people in the township, 626 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner
• Deerfield Township, Ross County
  Deerfield Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Deerfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,096 people in the township, 580 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - far east
• Concord Township, Ross County
  Concord Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Concord Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,107 people in the township, 3,096 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Buckskin Township, Ross County
  Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Buckskin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,040 people in the township, 827 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - far south
• Madison Township, Highland County
  Madison Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,922 people in the township, 2,016 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south corner
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 945 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Union Township - north...
  
   - west
• Union Township
  Union Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,808 people in the township.-Geography:Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Paint Township - north...
  
   - northwest

Wayne Township is the only township in Fayette County to border Ross County, other than at a corner point.

No municipalities are located in Wayne Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Good Hope

Good Hope, Ohio

Good Hope is a census-designated place in central Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the intersection of State Route 753 with Wash-Good Hope and Camp Grove Roads. Indian Creek, which meets Paint Creek slightly more than 2 miles to the south, runs on the western edge...

lies in the township's center.

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.

As of 2008 the current township trustees are Ronlad Weade, Marie Fetters, and Brian Woolover.