Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Weathersfield 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 = 60.4
area_land_km2 = 57.1
area_water_km2 = 3.3
area_total_sq_mi = 23.3
area_land_sq_mi = 22.1
area_water_sq_mi = 1.3

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 27717
population_density_km2 = 485.0
population_density_sq_mi = 1256.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 274
elevation_ft = 899
latd = 41 |latm = 10 |lats = 42 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 45 |longs = 28 |longEW = W

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Weathersfield Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 27,717 people in the township, 8,677 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 southern part of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities:
*Howland Township - north
*Vienna Township - northeast corner
*Liberty Township - east
*Youngstown - southeast corner
*Austintown Township, Mahoning County - south
*Jackson Township, Mahoning County - southwest corner
*Lordstown - west
*Warren Township - northwest

Several populated places are located in Weathersfield Township:
*Much of the city of Niles, in the north
*The village of McDonald, in the east
*The census-designated place of Hilltop, in the east
*Part of the census-designated place of Mineral Ridge, in the south

Name and history

It is the only Weathersfield 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.

References

External links

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