Weathersfield Township is one of the twenty-four
townships of
Trumbull County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2000 census found 27,717 people in the township, 8,677 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities:
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Howland Township - north
*
Vienna Township - northeast corner
*
Liberty Township - east
*
Youngstown
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the largest city and county seat of Mahoning County. At the 2020 census, Youngstown had a city population of 60,068. It is a principal city of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area, which ...
- southeast corner
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Austintown Township, Mahoning County - south
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Jackson Township, Mahoning County - southwest corner
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Lordstown - west
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Warren Township - northwest
Several populated places are located in Weathersfield Township:
*Much of the city of
Niles, in the north
*The village of
McDonald
Macdonald, MacDonald or McDonald may refer to:
Organisations
* McDonald's, a chain of fast food restaurants
* McDonald & Co., a former investment firm
* MacDonald Motorsports, a NASCAR team
* Macdonald Realty, a Canadian real estate brokerage f ...
, in the east
*The
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
of
Hilltop, in the east
*Part of the census-designated place of
Mineral Ridge, in the south
Name and history
It is the only Weathersfield Township statewide. It was named after
Wethersfield, Connecticut
Wethersfield is a town located in Hartford County, Connecticut. It is located immediately south of Hartford along the Connecticut River. Its population was 27,298 at the time of the 2020 census.
Many records from colonial times spell the name ...
.
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 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.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Trumbull County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio