About Community Development
Noble County is located in the heart of southeastern Ohio, one-half hour from Marietta and Cambridge and less than two and one-half hours from Columbus, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. The county is bisected by north-south I-77 which connects Cleveland with the south. One-half hour north of the center of the county is east-west I-70, one of the nation's busiest interstate. State highways in the county include routes 78, 285, 564 and 821. The Ohio River, with the ability to provide low-cost bulk transportation, is 25 miles to the south of the county.
 

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