Williamsfield Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County,

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

, United States. The 2020 census found 1,419 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Andover Township - north * South Shenango Township, Pennsylvania - northeast * West Shenango Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania - southeast * Kinsman Township, Trumbull County - south * Gustavus Township, Trumbull County - southwest corner * Wayne Township - west * Cherry Valley Township - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Williamsfield 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 Williamsfield lies in the township's center.

Name and history

Named for an early landowner,Ashtabula County, Ohio
Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28. it is the only Williamsfield Township statewide. When whites first arrived in what is now Williamsfield Township, the land was inhabited by a small number of

Delaware Indians The Lenape (, , ; ), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada. The Lenape's historical territory included present-day northeastern Del ...

. The first white man to settle in the township was Charles Case, who came from

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

in 1804. Williamsfield Township was organized in 1826. In 1833, the township contained two stores, three saw mills, and a

fulling Fulling, also known as tucking or walking ( Scots: ''waukin'', hence often spelt waulking in Scottish English), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate ( lanolin) oils, ...

mill.

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 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. The board is currently composed of chairman Thomas Martin and members Gordon Eastlake and Thomas Lahti.

References

External links

County website
{{authority control Townships in Ashtabula County, Ohio Townships in Ohio 1826 establishments in Ohio Populated places established in 1826