Wayne Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Tuscarawas County

Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Tuscarawas County is a county located in the eastern part of the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 92,582. Its county seat is New Philadelphia...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,743 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Sugar Creek Township, Stark County
  Sugar Creek Township, Stark County, Ohio
  Sugar Creek Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,740 people in the township, 2,944 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,244 people in the township, 1,934 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Sugar Creek Township
  Sugar Creek Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Sugar Creek Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,894 people in the township, 1,720 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Walnut Creek Township, Holmes County
  Walnut Creek Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Walnut Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,530 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Paint Township, Holmes County
  Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Paint Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,547 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

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

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 of Dundee

Dundee, Ohio

Dundee is a census-designated place in central Wayne Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44624. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 93 and 516.-References:...

lies at the center of the 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. The current trustees are Quentin Schwartz, Dan Silvius, and Fred Snyder, and the fiscal officer is Susan Stein.