Brookfield Township is one of the twenty-four
townships of
Trumbull County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 8,447 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the Southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
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Hartford Township - north
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South Pymatuning Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania - northeast
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Hubbard Township - south
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Liberty Township - southwest corner
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Sharon, Pennsylvania
Sharon is a city in western Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city, located along the banks of the Shenango River on the state border with Ohio, is about northeast of Youngstown, about southeast of Cleveland and about northwe ...
- east
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Vienna Township - west
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Fowler Township - northwest corner
The village of
Yankee Lake is located in northern Brookfield Township, along with three
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 ...
s:
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Brookfield Center, in the center
*Part of
Masury, in the southeast
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West Hill, in the east
Name and history
Statewide, the only other Brookfield Township is located in
Noble County.
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.
Brookfield has a public library, a branch of the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library.
Education
Public education in the township is managed by Brookfield Local School District, which operates three schools:
*Brookfield Elementary School
*Brookfield Middle School
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Brookfield High School
All three schools are housed in a K-12 complex that held its first classes during the 2011–2012 academic year. As of the 2016–2017 academic year, 1,000 pupils attend the school district with a student-teacher ratio of 17:1.
Media
Television
The township is served by
WKBN-TV
WKBN-TV (channel 27) is a television station in Youngstown, Ohio, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside low-power Fox affiliate WYFX-LD (channel 62); Nexstar also provides certain services to ABC a ...
(
CBS),
WFMJ-TV (
NBC),
WYTV (
ABC),
WYFX-LD (
Fox) and
WBCB (
CW), all broadcast from nearby
Youngstown, OH.
Radio
The township is served by several
AM radio stations, such as
WLOA (1470 AM) (
Farrell, PA),
WPIC (790 AM) (
Sharon, PA),
WKBN (570 AM) (
Youngstown, OH), and by several
FM radio stations such as
WYFM/"Y-103" (102.9 FM) (
Yankee Lake, OH),
WLLF/"The River" (96.7 FM) (
Mercer, PA),
WYLE/"Willie 95.1" (95.1 FM) (
Grove City, PA),
WMXY/"Mix 98.9" (98.9 FM) (
Youngstown, OH) and
WWIZ/"Z-104" (
West Middlesex, PA), because of Brookfield's unique position along the Pennsylvania/Ohio border..
Print
Brookfield Township is served by
News on the Green, a monthly publication that focuses Brookfield,
Yankee Lake, and
Masury,
The Herald (
Sharon, PA),
The Vindicator (
Youngstown, OH), and the
Tribune Chronicle (
Youngstown, OH).
References
External links
Trumbull County websiteBrookfield Township websiteBrookfield Local Schools websiteBrookfield Police Department websiteBrookfield Fire Department websiteBrookfield Township Historical Society website
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Townships in Trumbull County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio