Stock 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 383 people in the township.

Geography

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

• 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:...
  
   - north
• 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:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Franklin Township, Monroe County
  Franklin Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 453 people in the township, 367 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Elk Township
  Elk Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Elk Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 305 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 284 people in the township, 183 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Enoch Township
  Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Enoch Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 413 people in the township, 409 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Center Township
  Center Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Center Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,027 people in the township, 818 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Stock Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of East Union

East Union, Noble County, Ohio

East Union is an unincorporated community in northwestern Stock Township, Noble County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the intersection of State Route 78 with County Road 6. The headwaters of Buffalo Creek, a tributary of the Muskingum River through Wills Creek, are located around East Union...

 lies in the township's northwest.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Stock Township is located in Harrison County

Stock Township, Harrison County, Ohio

Stock Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 432 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*North Township - north...

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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.