Wayne Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Knox County

Knox County, Ohio

Knox County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2010, the population was 60,921. Its county seat is Mount Vernon and is named for Henry Knox, an officer in the American Revolutionary War who was later the first Secretary of War....

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 898 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Middlebury Township
  Middlebury Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Middlebury Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,138 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Berlin Township
  Berlin Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Berlin Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,789 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Morris Township
  Morris Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Morris Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,998 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Clinton Township
  Clinton Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Clinton Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,326 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,422 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Wayne Township - north...
  
   - south
• South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County
  South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  South Bloomfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,609 people in the township, 1,418 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Chester Township, Morrow County
  Chester Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Chester Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,655 people in the township, 1,462 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Franklin Township, Morrow County
  Franklin Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,410 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Congress Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

Most of the village of Fredericktown

Fredericktown, Ohio

Fredericktown is a village in Knox County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,428 at the 2000 census.-History:Long before white settlers entered the area, Adena and Hopewell Indians inhabited the area of Fredericktown. Early settlers found three mounds and earthworks located on nearby hilltops...

occupies the northeastern corner of 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.