Olive Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 5,724 people in the township.
Geography Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships: Center Township - northeast Enoch Township - east Jefferson Township - southwest corner Jackson Township - south Sharon Township - west Noble Township - northwest
Most of the village of Caldwell, the county seat and by far the biggest village of Noble County, is in northern Olive Township. A small corner of the village of Dexter City is also in the township's far southeast.
Name and history Statewide, the only other Olive Township is in Meigs 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.
References
External links Noble County Chamber of Commerce