Farmington Township, Trumbull County, Ohio Explained

Official Name:Farmington 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 Km2:71.2
Area Land Km2:71.1
Area Water Km2:0.1
Area Total Sq Mi:27.5
Area Land Sq Mi:27.5
Area Water Sq Mi:0.0
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:2993
Population Density Km2:42.1
Population Density Sq Mi:108.8
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:260
Elevation Ft:853
Coordinates:41.3883°N -80.9572°W
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:39-26684[3]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1087028

Farmington Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census recorded 2,993 people in the township.

Geography

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

The village of West Farmington is located in northwestern Farmington Township.

Name and history

It is the only Farmington Township statewide,[4] though often gets confused for the city of Farmington in the southeastern part of the state.

The first residents were three families- the Wolcotts, Curtis' and Harts. The exact locations of their homesteads is lost, however one history of the region gives their former homes as near the McKay and Loveland farms. [5] A Library of Congress map shows several McKay residences concentrated around Playland Lake, close to the Southington border and a single tract of land under the name Loveland existed southwest of West Farmington Village, on a former connecting road between Ensign and Curtis-Middlefield, which no longer exists. [6]

The major swamp in the east of the town, surrounding the Grand River, was originally called the Black Ash Swamp by early Bristol and Bloomfield residents. [7] It provided major industry for a sawmill early on. The town once boasted a school, hotel, community College, opera house and restaurant- all of which are now closed, were destroyed, or otherwise were torn down. The school merged with the neighboring Bristolville School district in the 1980s, before closing in the early 2000s.

Education

School-age children from Farmington and Bristol townships attend the Bristol school system in Bristolville.

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,[8] who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 f 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: Farmington 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. Web site: Detailed map of Ohio. United States Census Bureau. 2000. PDF. February 16, 2007.
  5. Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve; pg 264-265; Gertrude Van Renssalaer Wickham; 1896
  6. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4083t.la000680/?r=0.113,0.212,0.11,0.041,0
  7. Histories of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Vol. 3
  8. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24