Greene Township is one of the twenty-four
townships
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of
Trumbull County
Trumbull County is a county in the far northeast portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 201,977. Its county seat and largest city is Warren, which developed industry along the Mahoning River. Trumbull Coun ...
,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 950 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Colebrook Township, Ashtabula County - north
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Wayne Township, Ashtabula County - northeast corner
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Gustavus Township - east
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Johnston Township - southeast corner
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Mecca Township - south
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Bristol Township - southwest corner
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Bloomfield Township - west
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Orwell Township, Ashtabula County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Greene Township. Starting in 1825 a crossroads settlement named "Greensburg" in the central part of the township had a post office; it was discontinued in 1892.
Name and history
Greene Township was established in 1819, and named after one Mr. Greene, a
Connecticut Land Company
The Connecticut Company or Connecticut Land Company (est. 1795) was a post-colonial land speculation company formed in the late eighteenth century to survey and encourage settlement in the eastern parts of the newly chartered Connecticut Western ...
agent. It is the only Greene Township statewide, although there are sixteen
Green Townships 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
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) 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 o ...
. 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
1819 establishments in Ohio
Townships in Ohio
Populated places established in 1819