Brookfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio Explained

Official Name:Brookfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
Settlement Type:Township
Mapsize:250px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Trumbull
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:63.9
Area Land Km2:63.7
Area Water Km2:0.2
Area Total Sq Mi:24.7
Area Land Sq Mi:24.6
Area Water Sq Mi:0.1
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:8447
Population Density Km2:132.6
Population Density Sq Mi:343.4
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:324
Elevation Ft:1063
Coordinates:41.2333°N -80.5519°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:44403
Area Code:330, 234
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:39-09190[3]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1087026

Brookfield Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, 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:

The village of Yankee Lake is located in northern Brookfield Township, along with three census-designated places:

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,[4] 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.[5]

Education

Public education in the township is managed by Brookfield Local School District, which operates three schools:

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.[6]

Media

Television

The township is served by WKBN-TV (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).

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brookfield township, Trumbull County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile . United States Census Bureau . 26 August 2023.
  2. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. January 31, 2008. United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007.
  3. Web site: U.S. Census website . . January 31, 2008 .
  4. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24
  5. Web site: Locations . Warren-Trumbull County Public Library . March 3, 2018 . March 3, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180303164748/http://www.wtcpl.org/index.php/hours-and-locations.html . dead .
  6. Web site: District Detail for Brookfield Local. nces.ed.gov. EN. February 9, 2019.