Mesopotamia Township is one of the twenty-four
townships of
Trumbull County,
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
, United States. The
2020 census found 3,404 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Windsor Township, Ashtabula County - north
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Orwell Township, Ashtabula County - northeast corner
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Bloomfield Township - east
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Bristol Township - southeast corner
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Farmington Township - south
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Parkman Township, Geauga County - southwest corner
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Middlefield Township, Geauga County - west
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Huntsburg Township, Geauga County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Mesopotamia Township.
Name and history
Named after the ancient region of
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
, it is the only Mesopotamia Township statewide.
Notable people
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Leander F. Frisby, Wisconsin Attorney General, was born in the township.
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. Accessed April 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.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Trumbull County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio