Wayne Township is one of the twenty-seven townships

Civil township

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 of Ashtabula County

Ashtabula County, Ohio

Ashtabula County is the northeasternmost county in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 101,497, its county seat is Jefferson. The county is named for a Native American word meaning "river of many fish"....

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 653 people in the township.

Geography

Located on the southwestern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Cherry Valley Township
  Cherry Valley Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Cherry Valley Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 857 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Andover Township
  Andover Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Andover Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,672 people in the township, 1,403 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Williamsfield Township
  Williamsfield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Williamsfield Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,683 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Kinsman Township, Trumbull County
  Kinsman Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Kinsman Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,943 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Gustavus Township, Trumbull County
  Gustavus Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Gustavus Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 948 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Greene Township, Trumbull County
  Greene Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Greene Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 986 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Colebrook Township
  Colebrook Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Colebrook Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 887 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• New Lyme Township
  New Lyme Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  New Lyme Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,072 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Wayne Township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty Wayne Townships statewide

Wayne Township, Ohio

Wayne Township, Ohio may refer to:*Wayne Township, Adams County, Ohio*Wayne Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio*Wayne Township, Auglaize County, Ohio*Wayne Township, Belmont County, Ohio*Wayne Township, Butler County, Ohio...

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The first white settler in Wayne Township was former Connecticut

Connecticut

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resident Joshua Forbes, who arrived in 1803.

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 board is currently composed of chairman Robert Magyar and members John Bilek and Dave Sprague.