Wayne Township, Knox County, Ohio

Wayne Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 898 people in the township.GeographyLocated in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: Middlebury Township - northBerlin Township - northeast cornerMorris Township - eastClinton Township - southeast cornerLiberty Township - southSouth Bloomfield Township, Morrow County - southwest cornerChester Township, Morrow County - westFranklin Township, Morrow County - northwest corner Most of the village of Fredericktown occupies the northeastern corner of Wayne Township.Name and historyWayne Township was established in 1808. It is named for Anthony Wayne.It is one of twenty Wayne Townships statewide.