Farmington Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Farmington Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Trumbull County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Trumbull

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area_total_km2 = 71.2
area_land_km2 = 71.1
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 27.5
area_land_sq_mi = 27.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2353
population_density_km2 = 33.1
population_density_sq_mi = 85.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 260
elevation_ft = 853
latd = 41 |latm = 23 |lats = 18 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 57 |longs = 26 |longEW = W

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Farmington Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,353 people in the township, 1,834 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39155 Trumbull County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Mesopotamia Township - north
*Bloomfield Township - northeast corner
*Bristol Township - east
*Champion Township - southeast corner
*Southington Township - south
*Nelson Township, Portage County - southwest corner
*Parkman Township, Geauga County - west
*Middlefield Township, Geauga County - northwest corner

The village of West Farmington is located in northwestern Farmington Township.

Name and history

It is the only Farmington Township statewide.

Education

School-age children from Farmington and Bristol townships attend the Bristol school system in Bristolville.

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.trumbull.oh.us County website]