Place:Brookfield, Noble, Ohio, United States

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NameBrookfield
TypeTownship
Coordinates39.797°N 81.648°W
Located inNoble, Ohio, United States     (1851 - )
Also located inMorgan, Ohio, United States     (1819 - 1851)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Brookfield Cemetery
Renrock Methodist Protestant Cemetery
Historical inhabited place
Renrock ( 1845 - 1916 )
Inhabited place
Hiramsburg ( 1836 - 1851 )
Hoskinsville ( 1827 - 1851 )

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Township of Brookfield

Brookfield is a township situated in the western part of the county of Noble, state of Ohio, United States of America. It is bounded on the east by the township of Noble; on the south by the township of Sharon and the county of Morgan and its township of Manchester; on the southwest corner by the county of Morgan and its township of Bristol; on the west by the county of Muskingum and its township of Meigs; on the northwest corner by the county of Muskingum and its township of Rich Hill; and on the north by the county of Guernsey and its township of Spencer.

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History

In 1819 Brookfield was organized by the commissioners of Morgan County as a full congressional township (township 8, range 10) of thirty-six sections. It was taken from Morgan County when Noble County was erected and organized in 1851.

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Boundaries

On 1 May 1851, the commissioners of Noble County altered the township's boundaries by taking the eastern tier of sections to become a part of Noble Township. The boundaries were made as follows:

Commencing at the southeast corner of section 35 in township 7 [sic, actually 8], of range 10; thence north along the section line to the northeast corner of section 2, in said township and range; thence west along said township line to the northwest corner thereof; thence south along said township line to the soutwest corner thereof; thence east along said township line to the place of beginning; containing thirty sections.
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Inhabited Places

Brookfield Township does not encompass any incorporated places.

Named places within the township:—

  • Renrock, an historical post village, location of Renrock Post Office (1850–1916).

And also historically, before 1851, when the township was a part of Morgan County:—

  • Hoskinsville, an unincorporated post village, location of Hoskinsville Post Office (1827–1910).
  • Hiramsburg, an unincorporated post village, location of Hiramsburgh Post Office (1837–1920).
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Bibliography

See the entries for Noble County.
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