Farmington Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Farmington Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
Township
Location of Farmington Township in Trumbull County
Coordinates: 41°23′18″N80°57′26″W / 41.38833°N 80.95722°W / 41.38833; -80.95722
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Trumbull
Area
• Total	27.5 sq mi (71.2 km2)
• Land	27.5 sq mi (71.1 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation [1]	853 ft (260 m)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	2,993
• Density	108.8/sq mi (42.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-26684 [3]
GNIS feature ID	1087028 [1]

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:

• Mesopotamia Township - north
• Bloomfield Township - northeast corner
• Bristol Township - east
• Champion Township - southeast corner
• Southington Township - south
• Nelson Township, Portage County - southwest corner
• Parkman Township, Geauga County - west
• Middlefield Township, Geauga County - northwest corner

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.

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Farmington township, Trumbull County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 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. §503.24, §505.01 and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Retrueved April 30, 2009.

External links

• County website