Cynthian Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States.

The 2020 census found 2,000 people in the township.

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: No municipalities are located in Cynthian Township, although the census-designated place of Newport is located in the center of the township.

[5] 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.

There is also an elected township fiscal officer,[6] 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.