Mercy Health Clermont Hospital is 15 to 25 minutes from most parts of Wayne Township, though the Woodville area of the township is closer to Clinton Memorial in Wilmington. Bethesda North is about 25 minutes away. In addition, there are medical centers in nearby Goshen, Miami Township and Eastgate.

Like its namesake General Anthony Wayne, Wayne Township harkens back to another time, a time of small family-owned businesses, markets, grocery stores and hardware stores. Today's State Route 133 has a stone marker with reference to the Bullskin Trail used by the War of 1812 army as well as Simon Kenton, Daniel Boone, Tecumseh, Blue Jacket and slaves seeking freedom. Today there are about 4,900 residents who call Wayne Township home with approximately 77% of the area serving as farm land.

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The Goshen Life Squad provides EMS services to the township. Bethesda North Hospital, a short 15-minute drive from the township, is now the fourth largest hospital in Cincinnati and only one of two adult trauma centers in the region. Mercy Hospital Anderson is 30 minutes to the east; Children’s Hospital Medical Center and other core Cincinnati hospitals are a 40-minute drive.

Baseball is big and most local teams play at the John Hessler Baseball Park. A newly opened Goshen Public Library acts as a busy community hub. 3 18-hole golf courses (Eagles Nest Country Club Golf, Hickory Woods and O’Bannon Creek Golf Club) vie for golfers attention. Stonelick State Park, originally created to provide a wildlife area for Ohio's sportsmen, offers a quiet retreat for visitors. The still waters of the lake and stately woodlands provide the setting for a host of outdoor recreational pursuits with hunting, fishing, and camping the most used facilities at the park. The area’s location offers easy access to many of Greater Cincinnati’s sports, cultural and other entertainments.

Life’s daily necessities can be found, but more extensive shopping trips will need a visit to nearby Eastgate Mall or Kenwood Towne Centre shopping malls.

Goshen residents, like many communities near the I-275 beltway surrounding Cincinnati’s northern suburbs, is slowly changing its more rural footprint with the growing residential and retail construction beginning to pick up pace. Just over 13, 000 residents live in the gently rolling hills of the unincorporated area tucked midway between Milford and Blanchester. German and English settlers, who followed the Ohio River west after the end of the American Revolutionary War, founded the community in 1799.

Goshen Township

Rt. 28 and St. Rts 132 and 48 are the primary access roads into Goshen. The Greater Cincinnati Airport is about a 40-minute drive.

Stonelick Township Fire and EMS provides services to the village. Clermont Mercy Hospital is a short 3 mile drive, while its sister hospital, Anderson Mercy, is 14 miles away. Bethesda North Hospital 18 miles away, is the closest trauma center.

Owensville has been home to the Clermont County Fairgrounds since 1864 and each summer is the most visited place in the county. Nearby Pattison Park locate just outside the village offers a fishing lake, three easy hiking trails, and a lodge that hosts annual events.  Several state parks are nearby include East Fork, and Stonelick, providing fishing, boating, hiking and camping for outdoors enthusiasts. UC Clermont nearby hosts cultural and sports event for the region.

It’s easy to meet your daily needs here with easy access to retail and grocery stores. Larger shopping trips need a jaunt in the car to Batavia or Eastgate Mall.

Owensville is located in the north central party of Clermont County, in sparsely populated Stonelick Township. Owensville, even at just four-tenths of a mile wide, is the largest village in the township. Farm acreage outnumbers the residents; just over 800 call the village home. Its original name was ‘Boston’ because its earliest settlers called it after their hometown. The name changed in 1832, after it began being called Owensville after the postmaster William Owens. The village became incorporated in 1867. Predominately farmland, residents remain proud of their rural roots with many claiming family history in the area that dates back 200 years.

Owensville

U.S. 50, ‘The Nation’s Highway’, a major non-interstate east-west highway, runs through the village and is its primary access route. St. Rts. 132 and 276 cross through the village here. The Clermont County Airport is 6 miles away; Greater Cincinnati International Airport is about a 50-minute drive.

The Blanchester/Marion Twp. Joint Fire District serves the village and surrounding region. The nearest hospitals are Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington 16 miles away, or Clermont Mercy 19 miles away in Batavia provide emergency, obstetrics and both inpatient and outpatient care. Cincinnati’s main hospitals including Christ, Good Samaritan, Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University hospitals are within 45-60 minutes by car.

The Village of Blanchester was settled by Joseph and John Blancett in 1832. The community is 7.6 square miles with 4,000 residents. Clarence “Bud” Brown who served in the US House of Representatives and as a Secretary of Commerce in the 1980s is from this community.

Just over 1000 acres, nearby Cowan Lake State Park offers a peaceful setting replete with scenic inlets laden with the American Lotus water lily. Swimming, fishing, sailing and canoeing are popular on the lake and draw recreation lovers from the entire county. Hiking trails encourages wandering through the park’s mature woodlands. The park offers some of the finest fossil hunting areas in the world because of its location near the Cincinnati Arch, an uplifting of bedrock that occurred during the Appalachian Mountains' building process. Hikers and birders will enjoy the white swamp forest at the Culberson State Nature Preserve nearby. There are many youth sports programs through the local school system available for baseball, football, soccer, tennis, basketball, to name a few.

Blanchester is the destination for shoppers in the southern half of the county. Collectors and antique hunters come to browse both at the antique malls and shops spread through the historic downtown. Several groceries and hardware stores meet the needs of homeowners; for a major shopping mall you’ll have to jump in the car for a drive either to Wilmington, or Eastgate Mall. Connoisseurs find their way to Bellavance Organic Farm known regionally for its organically grown food and flowers.

“A small town with a big” heart, Blanchester is a community of homes in a wide variety of price ranges and home styles. One finds older homes as well as newly constructed residences. The village is located along the Warren/Clinton County line. It is Clinton County’s second largest village. Fertile and flat could be the nickname for the farmland that surrounds the village, with livestock and farming the primary occupations. The historic downtown houses the shopping, restaurants and activities that are the destination for Clinton’s southwestern residents. An active Chamber of Commerce sponsors community events throughout the year including an annual Fourth of July celebration.

Blanchester

51 miles northeast of Cincinnati, Blanchester’s primary transportation routes are St. Rt. 28, and 133.  Nearby commuter airports are Red Stewart Airfield in Waynesville 17 miles away, Clinton Field in Wilmington 19 miles away, and Cincinnati Lunken Airport. Greater Cincinnati International Airport is just an hour away.

The Stonelick Lake Park is located in Wayne Township. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has been stocking the lake with fish, making popular bass fishing contests possible. In addition, the park offers hunting, camping, a beach area for swimming and hiking and biking trails. The Clermont Northeastern Athletic Association is very active, and students and residents have access to the baseball, soccer and football fields located behind the high school. There is also a YMCA located in nearby Batavia.

Eastgate Mall is the closest mall, offering major department stores and a number of other chain and specialty stores. For restaurants and most shopping, Wayne Township residents generally travel to Miami Township, Eastgate and Blanchester.

The village of Newtonsville and the areas of Edenton, Woodville and Modest comprise Wayne Township, which borders Warren, Stonelick and Jackson Townships. This rural area features an abundance of agriculture, especially grain farming. Wayne Township manages to maintain a small-town atmosphere while enjoying steady growth. A strong sense of community and pride binds its residents to their land and to each other; many of the farms have been passed down through generations.

Wayne Township

State Routes 131 and 133 connect Wayne Township to its neighbors. I-71 is 30 minutes away. Downtown Cincinnati is a 30 to 40 minute drive. The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is approximately an hour's drive. The Clermont County Cart Service offers door-to-door transportation anywhere within the county. Adults pay $3, high school students, $2, and children, the handicapped and elderly patrons pay $1.50. Reservations must be made by phone by 11 AM the day before the service is needed.