Champion Township, Ohio Explained

Official Name:Champion Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
Settlement Type:Township
Mapsize:250px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Ohio
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Trumbull
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:66.8
Area Land Km2:66.8
Area Water Km2:0.0
Area Total Sq Mi:25.8
Area Land Sq Mi:25.8
Area Water Sq Mi:0.0
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:9381
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:292
Elevation Ft:958
Coordinates:41.2964°N -80.8519°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:44483
Area Code:234/330
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:39-13470[3]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1087027

Champion Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 9,381 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:

No municipalities are located in Champion Township, although the census-designated place of Champion Heights is located in the township's south.

History

The land that became Champion Township was originally part of the Connecticut Western Reserve, then was purchased by the Connecticut Land Company. The land that became the township was divided among nine or ten shareholders, one of whom, General Henry Champion, originally owned much of the property and had acquired all of the township land by December 1798. Trumbull County was established in 1800 and the township was named "Champion Township" for the man who owned it.[4]

Henry Champion sold few of the parcels of the land that he owned, hoping to wait for the price to rise from $2.50 an acre to $10.00 an acre. The first permanent settler was William Rutan, who arrived from Pennsylvania in 1806. Over the next two decades, only six more families moved to the township. Henry Champion died in 1825, with the western half of the township going to his son, Aristarchus Champion and the eastern half to his son-in-law, Henry C. Trumbull. In 1826, both hired a surveyor to sell the land at market price. Champion Township was organized in December 1831.[4]

It is the only Champion Township statewide.[5]

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,[6] 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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Champion township, Trumbull County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile . United States Census Bureau . 27 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. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=SxoVAAAAYAAJ&q=history+trumbull+county+champion+township&pg=PA557 . History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties . H. S. Williams . H.Z. Williams & Brothers . Cleveland, Ohio . 1882 . 2 . XXIII Champion . 550–557 . May 13, 2009 .
  5. Web site: Detailed map of Ohio. United States Census Bureau. 2000. February 16, 2007.
  6. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24