Trumbull Township is one of the twenty-seven townships

Civil township

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 of Ashtabula County

Ashtabula County, Ohio

Ashtabula County is the northeasternmost county in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 101,497, its county seat is Jefferson. The county is named for a Native American word meaning "river of many fish"....

, Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,461 people in the township.

Geography

Located on the western edge of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Harpersfield Township
  Harpersfield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Harpersfield Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,603 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northwestern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Austinburg Township
  Austinburg Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Austinburg Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,234 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Morgan Township
  Morgan Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Morgan Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,954 people in the township, 780 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Rome Township
  Rome Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Rome Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,568 people in the township, 919 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Hartsgrove Township
  Hartsgrove Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Hartsgrove Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,395 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southwestern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Montville Township, Geauga County
  Montville Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Montville Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,984 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Thompson Township, Geauga County
  Thompson Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Thompson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,383 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Madison Township, Lake County
  Madison Township, Lake County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the five townships of Lake County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 18,428 people in the township, 15,494 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Trumbull Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Footville

Footville, Ohio

Footville is an unincorporated community in southwestern Trumbull Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the intersection of State Route 166 with Trask Road, 1½ miles east of the Geauga County line and 11¼ miles southeast of the village of Jefferson, the county seat of...

 lies in the township's southwest. Two other old unincorporated communities lie farther east: Center Trumbull and East Trumbull.

Name and history

It is the only Trumbull Township statewide.

The first white settlers in Trumbull Township were Holly and Hannah Turner, who came from the town of Scipio

Scipio, New York

Scipio is a town in Cayuga County, New York, United States. The population was 1,713 at the 2010 census. The town name was provided by a clerk with an interest in the classics....

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New York

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. Because they soon left, the first permanent resident was Daniel Woodruff, who came from New York in 1818.

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. Currently, the board is composed of chairman Ron Tamburino and members Willis Clay and John McMahon.