Springfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
township in Mahoning County, Ohio
Springfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 6,800 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county along the Pennsylvania border, it borders the following townships:
Poland Township - north
Mahoning Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania - northeast corner
North Beaver Township, Pennsylvania - east
Little Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania - southeast
Unity Township, Columbiana County - south
Fairfield Township, Columbiana County - southwest corner
Beaver Township - west
Boardman Township - northwest
The village of New Middletown is located in central Springfield Township, and two unincorporated communities lie in the township: New Springfield in the south, and Petersburg in the southeast.
Name and history
It is one of eleven Springfield Townships statewide.
For many years, the township was part of Columbiana County, 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.
“Springfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio” enters the record as township in Mahoning County, Ohio. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Springfield, Township and Mahoning can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1896756. VIAF identifies the subject as 126966646. The Library of Congress control number is no95039177. Authority coordinates are 40.946, -80.574. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 1846.
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