Brookfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Brookfield Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Trumbull County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Trumbull

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unit_pref = Imperial
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area_total_km2 = 63.9
area_land_km2 = 63.7
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 24.7
area_land_sq_mi = 24.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 10020
population_density_km2 = 157.3
population_density_sq_mi = 407.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 324
elevation_ft = 1063
latd = 41 |latm = 14 |lats = 0 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 33 |longs = 7 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44403
area_code = 330
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blank_info = 39-09190GR|2
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Brookfield Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,020 people in the township, 9,921 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39155 Trumbull County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
*Hartford Township - north
*South Pymatuning Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania - northeast
*Hermitage, Pennsylvania - east
*Hubbard Township - south
*Liberty Township - southwest corner
*Vienna Township - west
*Fowler Township - northwest corner

The village of Yankee Lake is located in northern Brookfield Township, along with three census-designated places:
*Brookfield Center, in the center
*Part of Masury, in the southeast
*West Hill, in the east

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Brookfield Township is located in Noble County.

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.

Attractions

Brookfield is home to Yankee Run Golf Course, [ [http://www.yankeerun.com/golf/proto/yankeerun/ Yankee Run Golf Course] ] voted one of the top courses in Ohio and given a 4 and 1/2 star rating by "Golf Digest" in 2001. [ [http://www.golf-south.net/pennsylvania_mercer.html Mercer County...A Golfer's Paradise!!!!!] , Golf-South.net, 2007. Accessed
2008-08-10.]

References

External links

* [http://www.co.trumbull.oh.us County website]