Marion 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

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 730 people in the township, 434 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• 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:...
  
   - north
• Beaver Township
  Beaver Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Beaver Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 758 people in the township, 658 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• 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:...
  
   - east
• 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:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Stock Township
  Stock Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Stock Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 383 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Marion Township - north...
  
   - south
• 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:...
  
   - west
• Seneca Township
  Seneca Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Seneca Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 453 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Wayne Township - north...
  
   - northwest

The village of Summerfield

Summerfield, Ohio

Summerfield is a village in Noble County, Ohio, United States. The population was 296 at the 2000 census.-History:Pioneer Samuel Danford settled in the Summerfield vicinity in 1817; his farm is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.-Geography:...

, the second largest village in Noble County, is located in southwestern Marion Township.

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.