Kingsville Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Kingsville 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 = 33.3
area_land_km2 = 33.2
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 12.9
area_land_sq_mi = 12.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1847
population_density_km2 = 55.7
population_density_sq_mi = 144.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 231
elevation_ft = 758
latd = 41 |latm = 53 |lats = 24 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 40 |longs = 32 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP codes
postal_code = 44048, 44068
area_code = 440
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blank_info = 39-40404GR|2
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Kingsville Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,847 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 northeastern edge of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships and city:
*Conneaut - northeast
*Monroe Township - southeast
*Sheffield Township - south
*Plymouth Township - southwest
*Ashtabula Township - west

The Canadian province of Ontario lies across Lake Erie to the north.

The northern part of Kingsville Township is occupied by the village of North Kingsville, and the unincorporated community of Kingsville lies in the center of the township.

Name and history

It is the only Kingsville Township statewide. The township was named for a resident of Conneaut named King, who paid early settlers four gallons of whiskey to name the township for him. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2202 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

The first settler in Kingsville Township was Eldad Harrington, a hunter who arrived in 1803. Two years later, he was followed by former Massachusetts resident Walter Fobes. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2202 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 board is composed of chairman Doug Reed and members Dennis Huey and Charles Page. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2202 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

References

External links

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