Vernon Township is one of the twenty-four
townships of
Trumbull County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 1,337 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Hartford Township - south
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Kinsman Township - north
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West Salem Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania - east
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South Pymatuning Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania - southeast
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Fowler Township - southwest corner
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Johnston Township - west
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Gustavus Township - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Vernon Township, although the
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
of
Burghill
Burghill is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, north-west of Hereford. The parish includes the villages of Burghill, Tillington, Herefordshire, Tillington, Portway and Eltons Marsh. It was originally a small village of farms ...
lies in the southern part of the township.
Name and history
Vernon Township was established in 1806, taking its name from
Vernon, Connecticut
Vernon ( ) is the most populous New England town, town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, Capitol Planning Region. The population was 30,215 at the 2020 United States census ...
. Statewide, other Vernon Townships are located in
Clinton and
Crawford counties.
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
{{authority control
Townships in Trumbull County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
1806 establishments in Ohio