Wayne Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Noble County

Noble County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 507 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Millwood Township, Guernsey County
  Millwood Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Millwood Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,318 people in the township, 601 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Beaver Township
  Beaver Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Beaver Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 758 people in the township, 658 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 730 people in the township, 434 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Seneca Township
  Seneca Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Seneca Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 453 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Wayne Township - north...
  
   - south
• Buffalo Township
  Buffalo Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Buffalo Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 782 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Richland Township, Guernsey County
  Richland Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,033 people in the township, 1,489 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  - northwest

No municipalities are located in 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.