Country United States County Mahoning FIPS code 39-74124 Elevation 363 m Local time Thursday 8:17 AM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086571 Population 6,703 (2010) | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind E at 24 km/h, 57% Humidity Area 90.39 km² (86.51 km² Land / 3.885 km² Water) | ||
Springfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 6,703 people in the township.
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Map of Springfield Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county along the Pennsylvania border, it borders the following townships:
The village of New Middletown is located in central Springfield Township, and two unincorporated communities lie in the township: New Springfield in the south, and Petersburg in the southeast.
Name and history
It is one of eleven Springfield Townships statewide.
For many years, the township was part of Columbiana County, before becoming part of Mahoning County in 1846.
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, 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.