Noble Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Auglaize County

Auglaize County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 46,611 people, 17,376 households, and 12,771 families residing in the county. The population density was 116 people per square mile . There were 18,470 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,439 people in the township, 1,240 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Salem Township
  Salem Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 580 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Logan Township
  Logan Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Logan Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,201 people in the township, 946 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Moulton Township
  Moulton Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Moulton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,704 people in the township, 1,682 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,320 people in the township, 1,429 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Saint Marys Township
  Saint Marys Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Saint Marys Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,600 people in the township, 3,457 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Jefferson Township, Mercer County
  Jefferson Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,231 people in the township, 2,928 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Center Township, Mercer County
  Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Center Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,082 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

Parts of the city of St. Marys

St. Marys, Ohio

St. Marys is a city in Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,342 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Wapakoneta, Ohio, Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

 are located in southern Noble Township.

Noble Township contains twenty-six square miles. It is crossed by the Saint Marys River.

Name and history

Statewide, other Noble Townships are located in Defiance

Noble Township, Defiance County, Ohio

Noble Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,171 people in the township, 3,897 of whom lived in the city of Defiance, and 2,274 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....

 and Noble

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:...

 Counties.

Before the creation of Auglaize County in 1848, Noble Township and the southern part of neighboring Salem Township

Salem Township, Auglaize County, Ohio

Salem Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 580 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

 were part of what was then Wayne Township in Mercer County

Mercer County, Ohio

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. When the county was formed, the name of the township was changed to Noble Township as there was already a Wayne Township

Wayne Township, Auglaize County, Ohio

Wayne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,591 people in the township, 788 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, one that had originally been a part of Allen County

Allen County, Ohio

Allen County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. Its population was 106,331 as of the 2010 census. It is included in the Lima, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Lima–Van Wert–Wapakoneta Combined Statistical Area....

. The newly-formed township was named in honor of Elisha Noble, an early local settler who served as county commission

County commission

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er for Mercer and Auglaize counties.

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.

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

U.S. Route 33

U.S. Route 33 is a United States federal highway that runs northwest-southeast for 709 miles from northern Indiana to Richmond, Virginia, passing through Ohio and West Virginia en route. Although most odd-numbered U.S...

, which traverses the southern part of the township.