Braceville Township is one of the twenty-four
townships
A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of
Trumbull County,
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. The
2020 census found 2,467 people in the township.
History
Braceville Township was established in the 1810s, and named after Jonathan Brace, a land agent. It is the only Braceville Township statewide.
Braceville Township was formed from the
Connecticut Western Reserve
The Connecticut Western Reserve was a portion of land claimed by the Colony of Connecticut and later by the state of Connecticut in what is now mostly the northeastern region of Ohio. Warren, Ohio was the Historic Capital in Trumbull County. T ...
.
Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships and
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
:
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Southington Township - north
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Champion Township - northeast corner
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Warren Township - east
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Lordstown - southeast corner
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Newton Township - south
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Paris Township, Portage County - southwest corner
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Windham Township, Portage County - west
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Nelson Township, Portage County - northwest corner
In 1990, the Turnpike Interchange
Census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
DPwas located in Braceville Township; however, this ceased to be a CDP after the 1990 Census.
Braceville Township covers an area of . The
Ravenna Training and Logistics Site
James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center is an Ohio Army National Guard military base in the U.S. state of Ohio located between Ravenna and Newton Falls and adjacent to the village of Windham. It was previously known as Camp Ravenna Jo ...
covers the southwest corner of the township.
Communities
* Braceville
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Center of the World
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Newton Falls
*
Phalanx, aka Phalanx Mills
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 fiscal officer, 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
Notable people
*Boxer
Earnie Shavers
Earnie Dee Shaver (August 31, 1944 – September 1, 2022), best known as Earnie Shavers, was an American professional boxer who competed between 1969 and 1995. A two-time world heavyweight championship challenger, he is known as one of the hard ...
, famous for surviving 15 rounds against
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and social activist. A global cultural icon, widely known by the nickname "The Greatest", he is often regarded as the gr ...
in 1977, grew up in Braceville.
*
Ted Toles Jr., pitcher and outfielder who played in Negro league baseball and the Minor Leagues, born and raised in Braceville.
Ted Toles Obituary
''Ancestry.com''. Retrieved on February 18, 2019.
* Emma Rood Tuttle (1839-1916), author
References
External links
County website
{{Authority control
Townships in Trumbull County, Ohio
1810s establishments in Ohio
Townships in Ohio