Hartsgrove Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Hartsgrove Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Ashtabula County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 64.3
area_land_km2 = 64.3
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 24.8
area_land_sq_mi = 24.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1395
population_density_km2 = 21.7
population_density_sq_mi = 56.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 313
elevation_ft = 1027
latd = 41 |latm = 36 |lats = 21 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 57 |longs = 12 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44085
area_code = 440
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blank_info = 39-34300GR|2
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Hartsgrove Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,395 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39007 Ashtabula County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located on the southwestern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Trumbull Township - north
*Morgan Township - northeast corner
*Rome Township - east
*Orwell Township - southeast corner
*Windsor Township - south
*Huntsburg Township, Geauga County - southwest corner
*Montville Township, Geauga County - west
*Thompson Township, Geauga County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Hartsgrove Township.

Name and history

It is the only Hartsgrove Township statewide.

The first settler in Hartsgrove Township was Thomas Burbank, who arrived in 1828. It was the last township in the county to be settled. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2200 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

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. Currently, the members of the board are Bruce Gottron, Paul Hall, and Robert Williams. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2200 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

References

External links

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