Buffalo Township, Ohio

Buffalo Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 885 people in the township.

Buffalo Township, Noble County, Ohio
Township
A memorial at one of the Shenandoah crash sites
Location of Buffalo Township in Noble County
Coordinates: 39°51′47″N 81°31′52″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Noble
Area
• Total	24.5 sq mi (63.4 km2)
• Land	24.5 sq mi (63.4 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation [1]	951 ft (290 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	885
• Density	36/sq mi (14/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-10142[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086741[1]

Geography

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

• Valley Township, Guernsey County - north
• Richland Township, Guernsey County - northeast
• Wayne Township - northeast corner
• Seneca Township - east
• Center Township - southeast
• Noble Township - south
• Spencer Township, Guernsey County - west

No municipalities are located in Buffalo 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,^[4] 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.