Brookfield Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 112 people in the township, the third smallest township in the state of Ohio.
Geography Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: Spencer Township, Guernsey County - north Noble Township - east Sharon Township - southeast Manchester Township, Morgan County - south Bristol Township, Morgan County - southwest corner Meigs Township, Muskingum County - west Rich Hill Township, Muskingum County - northwest corner
The most westerly township in Noble County, it is the only county township to border Muskingum County.
No municipalities are located in Brookfield Township.
Name and history Statewide, the only other Brookfield Township is located in Trumbull 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, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. 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.
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