Howland Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County,

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, United States. Along with Liberty Township, it is one of two urban townships in Trumbull County. The 2020 census found 19,042 people in the township.

Name and history

It is the only Howland Township statewide. The township is named for the Howland family, who were the original settlers of the township, as well as Pilgrims aboard the '' Mayflower'' 165 years earlier.Howland Township Web Site — History of Howland Township
Howland Township. Accessed May 29, 2007. In 1620, John Howland landed in

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aboard the '' Mayflower''. A descendant of his, Joseph Howland, purchased the township from the Connecticut Land Company in 1795. The first settler arrived in 1799, and the township was organized in 1812. A

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was constructed in Howland in 1814, with a

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constructed the following year. Circa 1830, Howland Springs began operation as a health spa; it operated in the township until it burned in 1882. The Howland Local School District was formed in 1917 from the consolidation of five one-room schools. The township was sparsely populated until 1953, when the Clifton-Hyde housing development was built. The township has seen sustained growth since that time, as the nearby cities of Warren and Youngstown have suburbanized the township.

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Bazetta Township - north * Fowler Township - northeast corner * Vienna Township - east * Liberty Township - southeast corner * Weathersfield Township - south * Warren Township - west * Champion Township - northwest corner Several populated places are located in Howland Township: *Part of the city of Niles, in the south *Part of the city of Warren, the

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of Trumbull County, in the west *The

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of Bolindale, in the southwest *The census-designated place of Howland Center, in the north According to the

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, the township has a total area of , all of it land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 19,451 people, 7,916 households, and 5,661 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 8,324 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 88.36%

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, 10.09%

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, 0.47% Native American, 1.67% Asian, 0.02%

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, 0.17% from other races, and 0.40% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.90% of the population. There were 7,916 households, out of which 28.27% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.06% were

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living together, 9.34% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.49% were non-families. 25.49% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.79% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.94. In the township the population was spread out, with 22.43% under the age of 18, 6.27% from 18 to 24, 25.98% from 25 to 44, 28.80% from 45 to 64, and 16.52% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.3 years. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males. The median income for a household in the township was $48,763, and the median income for a family was $58,352. Males had a median income of $43,783 versus $28,207 for females. The

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for the township was $24,056. About 1.2% of families and 2.0% of the population were below the

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, including 0.8% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.

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
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. 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.

Education

Howland is served by the public Howland Local School District, which includes Howland Springs Elementary School (grades PK–K), Howland Glen Elementary School (grades 1–2), Mines Elementary School (grades 3–4), Howland Intermediate School (grades 5–6), Howland Junior High School (grades 7-8) and Howland High School (grades 9–12).

References

External links

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