Hubbard Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
township in Trumbull County, Ohio
Hubbard Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 12,969 people in the township. The city of Hubbard is located completely within Hubbard Township.
Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:
Brookfield Township – north
Hermitage, Pennsylvania – northeast
Shenango Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania – east
Coitsville Township, Mahoning County – south
Youngstown – southwest
Liberty Township – west
Vienna Township – northwest corner
The city of Hubbard is located in central Hubbard Township, and the census-designated places of Maplewood Park and Masury are located in the township's south and northeast respectively.
Name and history
Hubbard Township was established around 1806, deriving its name from Nehemiah Hubbard Jr., a Connecticut Land Company agent. It is the only Hubbard 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 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.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Hubbard Township, Trumbull County, Ohio” is township in Trumbull County, Ohio. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Hubbard, Township and Trumbull, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “township in Trumbull County, Ohio” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7997532. Authority coordinates are 41.165, -80.571. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 1806.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Hubbard Township, Trumbull County, Ohio”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Hubbard Township, Trumbull County, Ohio primary sources, Hubbard Township, Trumbull County, Ohio archive and Hubbard research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Hubbard Township, Trumbull County, Ohio”?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Hubbard Township, Trumbull County, Ohio” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.