Kinsman Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Kinsman 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 = 69.4
area_land_km2 = 68.5
area_water_km2 = 0.9
area_total_sq_mi = 26.8
area_land_sq_mi = 26.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.4

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1943
population_density_km2 = 28.4
population_density_sq_mi = 73.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 308
elevation_ft = 1010
latd = 41 |latm = 27 |lats = 6 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 34 |longs = 50 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44428
area_code = 330
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blank_info = 39-40502GR|2
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Kinsman Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,943 people in 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 northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Williamsfield Township, Ashtabula County - north
*West Shenango Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania - northeast
*Greene Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania - east
*West Salem Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania - southeast
*Vernon Township - south
*Johnston Township - southwest corner
*Gustavus Township - west
*Wayne Township, Ashtabula County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Kinsman Township, although two unincorporated communities lie in the township: Farmdale in the southwest, and Kinsman in the south.

Name and history

It is the only Kinsman Township statewide.

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.

Notable residents

Clarence Darrow was born in Kinsman Township.

References

External links

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