Wayne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,093 people in the township.
Geography Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: Salem Township - north Island Creek Township - northeast corner Cross Creek Township - east Wells Township - southeast Smithfield Township - south Green Township, Harrison County - southwest German Township, Harrison County - northwest
The village of Bloomingdale is located in central Wayne Township.
Name and history Wayne Township was founded in 1805.
It is one of twenty Wayne Townships statewide.
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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed April 30, 2009. 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.
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External links County website