Noble Township, Auglaize County, Ohio

Noble Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Location of Noble Township in Auglaize County
Coordinates: 40°35′10″N 84°23′33″W / 40.58611°N 84.3925°W / 40.58611; -84.3925Coordinates: 40°35′10″N 84°23′33″W / 40.58611°N 84.3925°W / 40.58611; -84.3925
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Auglaize
Area
– Total	30.7 sq mi (79.4 km2)
– Land	30.5 sq mi (79.1 km2)
– Water	0.1 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation[1]	833 ft (254 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	1,439
– Density	47.1/sq mi (18.2/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-55986[2]
GNIS feature ID	1085769[1]

Noble Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,439 people in the township, 1,240 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[3]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Salem Township - north
• Logan Township - northeast
• Moulton Township - east
• Washington Township - southeast corner
• Saint Marys Township - south
• Jefferson Township, Mercer County - southwest
• Center Township, Mercer County - west

Parts of the city of St. Marys are located in southern Noble Township.

Noble Township contains twenty-six square miles.^[4] It is crossed by the Saint Marys River.^[5]

Name and history

Statewide, other Noble Townships are located in Defiance and Noble Counties.

Before the creation of Auglaize County in 1848, Noble Township and the southern part of neighboring Salem Township were part of what was then Wayne Township in Mercer County. When the county was formed, the name of the township was changed to Noble Township as there was already a Wayne Township, one that had originally been a part of Allen County. The newly-formed township was named in honor of Elisha Noble, an early local settler who served as county commissioner for Mercer and Auglaize counties.^[6][7]

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,^[8] 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.

Public services

The majority of the township is in the Saint Marys City School District with a small western portion being in the Parkway Local School District.

The entire township is served by the Saint Marys (45885) post office.

The major highway in Noble Township is U.S. Route 33, which traverses the southern part of the township.^[9]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Auglaize County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ Auglaize County, Ohio 2006 Highway Map Auglaize County Engineer's Office, 2006. Accessed 05 July 2007.
5. ^ DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 45. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
6. ^ Auglaize County, Ohio Atlas and History, Piqua: Magee Brother Publishing, 1917. Accessed 2007-07-05.
7. ^ Brief History of Noble Twp., Auglaize County, Ohio Auglaize County Genweb, 2006. Accessed 2007-08-16.
8. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
9. ^ DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 45. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.

External links

• County website