Beaver Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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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:...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 758 people in the township, 658 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Millwood Township, Guernsey County
  Millwood Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Millwood Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,318 people in the township, 601 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Somerset Township, Belmont County
  Somerset Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Somerset Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,186 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Seneca Township, Monroe County
  Seneca Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Seneca Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 508 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 730 people in the township, 434 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 507 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

The most easterly township in Noble County, it is the only county township to border Belmont County.

Batesville

Batesville, Ohio

Batesville is a village in Noble County, Ohio, United States. The population was 100 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Batesville is located at ....

, the smallest village in Noble County, is located in central Beaver Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Beaver Townships are located in Mahoning

Beaver Township, Mahoning County, Ohio

Beaver Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,466 people in the township, 6,104 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 and Pike

Beaver Township, Pike County, Ohio

Beaver Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,450 people in the township, 1,269 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 Counties, plus a Beavercreek Township

Beavercreek Township, Greene County, Ohio

Beavercreek Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 41,745 people in the township, 3,063 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 in Greene County

Greene County, Ohio

Greene County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. The population was 161,573 in the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Xenia, and it was named for General Nathanael Greene, an officer in the Revolutionary War. Greene County was established on March 24, 1803.Greene County is part...

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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.