Farmington Township is one of the twenty-four
townships
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of
Trumbull County, Ohio
Trumbull County is a county in the far northeast portion of U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 201,977. Its county seat is Warren, which developed industry along the Mahoning River. Trumbull County is part of the You ...
, United States. The
2000 census recorded 2,353 people in the township, 1,834 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Mesopotamia Township - north
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Bloomfield Township - northeast corner
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Bristol Township - east
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Champion Township - southeast corner
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Southington Township - south
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Nelson Township, Portage County - southwest corner
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Parkman Township, Geauga County - west
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Middlefield Township, Geauga County - northwest corner
The village of
West Farmington is located in northwestern Farmington Township.
Name and history
It is the only Farmington Township statewide.
Education
School-age children from Farmington and Bristol townships attend the Bristol school system in Bristolville.
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
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments of the G ...
. Retrueved April 30, 2009. who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 f 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.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Trumbull County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio