Brookfield Township is one of the fifteen townships

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 of Noble County

Noble County, Ohio

Noble County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,645. Its county seat is Caldwell. Noble County is named for Rep. Warren P. Noble of the Ohio House of Representatives, who was an early settler there.-History:...

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 119 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Spencer Township, Guernsey County
  Spencer Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Spencer Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,058 people in the township, 656 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Noble Township
  Noble Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Noble Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,013 people in the township, 1,750 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Sharon Township
  Sharon Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Sharon Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 353 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Noble Township - northeast...
  
   - southeast
• Manchester Township, Morgan County
  Manchester Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Manchester Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 141 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Bristol Township, Morgan County
  Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Bristol Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 207 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Meigs Township, Muskingum County
  Meigs Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Meigs Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 173 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Rich Hill Township, Muskingum County
  Rich Hill Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Rich Hill Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 385 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

The most westerly township in Noble County, it is the only county township to border Morgan County.

No municipalities are located in Brookfield Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Brookfield Township is located in Trumbull County

Brookfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Brookfield Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,020 people in the township, 9,921 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

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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, 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.