Coitsville Township is one of the fourteen

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, United States. The 2010 census found 1,392 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county along the

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- northeast *

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- east * Poland Township - south *

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- west The western half of what was originally Coitsville Township is now occupied by three cities: *The city of

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, in the west *Part of the city of Struthers, in the southwest *Part of

, in the northwest

Name and history

Coitsville Township is named for Daniel Coit of the

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. There is no evidence he ever lived in Coitsville, but in 1798 he sent a survey party and a land agent to Coitsville. The first Euro-American settler, Amos Loveland, came in 1798 and by 1801 settlers started coming in large numbers.

Alexander McGuffey Alexander McGuffey, also known as Sandy (November 22, 1767–March 1, 1855), was a Scottish American scout on the Ohio frontier during the Northwest Indian War. He was the father of William Holmes and Alexander Hamilton McGuffey, who edited the ...

, one of the early settlers in Coitsville, moved there with his family from Washington County, Pennsylvania around 1800. His son,

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, received his common school education in Coitsville and later wrote the popular ''

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''. With excellent soil for farming in Coitsville Township, agriculture was the main occupation for many of the early settlers. In 1807 or 1808, the settlers built the first school house, a little log building in the northeastern part of Coitsville Township. In the early years, there were several sawmills and a gristmill in Coitsville; two stores, a tannery, and two blacksmith shops were eventually added to the township. It is the only Coitsville Township 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 fiscal officer,§503.24§505.01
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. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.

Media

Coitsville Township is served by the ''

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'', a local weekly newspaper.

References

External links

County website''Hometown Journal''
{{authority control Townships in Mahoning County, Ohio 1798 establishments in the Northwest Territory Townships in Ohio