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Greene Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

41°27′30″N 80°45′0″W / 41.45833°N 80.75000°W / 41.45833; -80.75000CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyTrumbullArea

• Total26.5 sq mi (68.6 km²) • Land24.1 sq mi (62.4 km²) • Water2.4 sq mi (6.2 km²)Elevation

^[1]

909 ft (277 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total950 • Density39.4/sq mi (15.2/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

44450

Area code440FIPS code39-32046^[3]GNIS feature ID1087030^[1]

Greene Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 950 people in the township.

Geography

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

Colebrook Township, Ashtabula County - north
Wayne Township, Ashtabula County - northeast corner
Gustavus Township - east
Johnston Township - southeast corner
Mecca Township - south
Bristol Township - southwest corner
Bloomfield Township - west
Orwell Township, Ashtabula County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Greene Township. Starting in 1825 a crossroads settlement named "Greensburg" in the central part of the township had a post office; it was discontinued in 1892.^[4]

Name and history

Greene Township was established in 1819, and named after one Mr. Greene, a Connecticut Land Company agent.^[5] It is the only Greene Township statewide, although there are sixteen Green Townships statewide.^[6]

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,^[7] 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.

References

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Greene township, Trumbull County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&searchtext=Greensburgh&state=&county=&searchtype=word Postal History (see entry for Greensburgh, Trumbull County, Ohio)
^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 54.
^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed April 30, 2009.