Springfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Springfield Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Mahoning County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 90.2
area_land_km2 = 88.1
area_water_km2 = 2.1
area_total_sq_mi = 34.8
area_land_sq_mi = 34.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.8

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 6054
population_density_km2 = 68.7
population_density_sq_mi = 178.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 363
elevation_ft = 1191
latd = 40 |latm = 56 |lats = 47 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 34 |longs = 28 |longEW = W

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Springfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,054 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39099 Mahoning County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county along the Pennsylvania border, it borders the following townships:
*Poland Township - north
*Mahoning Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania - northeast corner
*North Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania - east
*Little Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania - southeast
*Unity Township, Columbiana County - south
*Fairfield Township, Columbiana County - southwest corner
*Beaver Township - west
*Boardman Township - northwest

The village of New Middletown is located in central Springfield Township, and two unincorporated communities lie in the township: New Springfield in the south, and Petersburg in the southeast.

Name and history

It is one of eleven Springfield Townships 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.mahoningcountyoh.gov County website]