KINSMAN TOWNSHIP, TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO

'Kinsman Township' is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,943 people in the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

Notable residents

References

External links

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

★ Williamsfield Township, Ashtabula County - north

★ West Shenango Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania - northeast

★ Greene Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania - east

★ West Salem Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania - southeast

★ Vernon Township - south

★ Johnston Township - southwest corner

★ Gustavus Township - west

★ Wayne Township, Ashtabula County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Kinsman Township, although two unincorporated communities lie in the township: Farmdale in the southwest, and Kinsman in the south.

Name and history

It is the only Kinsman Township statewide.

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

Notable residents

Clarence Darrow was born in Kinsman Township.

References

1. Trumbull County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website