Williamsfield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Williamsfield 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 = 66.1
area_land_km2 = 64.2
area_water_km2 = 1.9
area_total_sq_mi = 25.5
area_land_sq_mi = 24.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.7

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1683
population_density_km2 = 26.2
population_density_sq_mi = 67.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 349
elevation_ft = 1145
latd = 41 |latm = 32 |lats = 53 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 32 |longs = 21 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44093
area_code = 440
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blank_info = 39-85372GR|2
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Williamsfield Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,683 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 in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Andover Township - north
*South Shenango Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania - northeast
*West Shenango Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania - southeast
*Kinsman Township, Trumbull County - south
*Gustavus Township, Trumbull County - southwest corner
*Wayne Township - west
*Cherry Valley Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Williamsfield Township, although the unincorporated community of Williamsfield lies in the township's center.

Name and history

Named for an early landowner, [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2842 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.] it is the only Williamsfield Township statewide.

When whites first arrived in what is now Williamsfield Township, the land was inhabited by a small number of Delaware Indians. The first white man to settle in the township was Charles Case, who came from Connecticut in 1804. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2842 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. The board is currently composed of chairman Thomas Martin and members Gordon Eastlake and Thomas Lahti. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2842 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

References

External links

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