Noble Township is one of the fifteen
townships
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of
Noble County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 1,986 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Buffalo Township - north
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Center Township - east
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Olive Township - southeast
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Sharon Township - southwest
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Brookfield Township - west
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Spencer Township, Guernsey County - northwest
Two populated places are located in Noble Township: the village of
Belle Valley, the third largest village in Noble County, in the center, and the
unincorporated community
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of
Ava, in the far northwest, near the Guernsey County border.
Name and history
Statewide, other Noble Townships are located in
Auglaize and
Defiance counties.
Along State Route 821 in the southern part of the township is located a memorial to
John Gray, perhaps the last living veteran of the
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...
.
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
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. 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.
Transportation
Interstate 77
Interstate 77 (I-77) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio. It largely supplants the ...
passes through Noble Township from north to south. Otherwise, the most important highways in the township are State Route 821, which runs north–south and connects Ava and Belle Valley, State Route 215, which runs east–west, and State Route 340, which begins in Belle Valley and travels northwest.
References
External links
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Townships in Noble County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio