Green Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Mahoning County, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,450 people in the township, 3,095 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Canfield Township
  Canfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Canfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,624 people in the township, 7,250 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Beaver Township
  Beaver Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Beaver Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,466 people in the township, 6,104 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Fairfield Township, Columbiana County
  Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Fairfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,583 people in the township, 4,215 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Salem Township, Columbiana County
  Salem Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,703 people in the township, 3,338 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Perry Township, Columbiana County
  Perry Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 17,049 people in the township, 4,852 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Goshen Township
  Goshen Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Goshen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,281 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Ellsworth Township
  Ellsworth Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Ellsworth Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,234 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

Part of the village of Washingtonville

Washingtonville, Ohio

Washingtonville is a village in Columbiana and Mahoning counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 789 at the 2000 census. Washingtonville is split between the East Liverpool–Salem Micropolitan Statistical Area and the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan...

 is located in southeastern Green Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Greenford

Greenford, Ohio

Greenford is an unincorporated community in central Green Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44422. It lies along State Route 165 a short distance north of Salem. South Range Middle School, the Greenford Public...

 lies at the center of the township.

Name and history

It is one of sixteen Green Townships statewide

Green Township, Ohio

Green Township, Ohio may refer to the following places in the U.S. state of Ohio:*Green Township, Adams County, Ohio*Green Township, Ashland County, Ohio*Green Township, Brown County, Ohio*Green Township, Clark County, Ohio...

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For many years, the township was part of Columbiana County

Columbiana County, Ohio

Columbiana County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 107,841. It is named for Christopher Columbus and the county seat is Lisbon....

, 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.