Beaver Township is one of the fifteen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of
Noble County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2000 census found 758 people in the township, 658 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Millwood Township, Guernsey County - north
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Somerset Township, Belmont County - east
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Seneca Township, Monroe County - south
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Marion Township - southwest
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Wayne Township - west
The most easterly township in Noble County, it is the only county township to border Belmont County.
Batesville, the smallest village in Noble County, is located in central Beaver Township.
Name and history
Statewide, other Beaver Townships are located in
Mahoning and
Pike
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Fish
* Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus''
* Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes
* ''Esox'', genus of ...
Counties, plus a
Beavercreek Township in
Greene County.
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
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
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. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.
References
External links
Noble County Chamber of Commerce
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Townships in Noble County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio