Ellsworth Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 of Mahoning County, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 2,234 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,167 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Lordstown - north...
  
   - north
• Austintown Township
  Austintown Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Austintown Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 38,001 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• 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:...
  
   - east
• Green Township
  Green Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,450 people in the township, 3,095 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• 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:...
  
   - southwest
• Berlin Township - west
• Milton Township
  Milton Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Milton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,107 people in the township, 2,853 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

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

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 of Ellsworth

Ellsworth, Ohio

Ellsworth is an unincorporated community in central Ellsworth Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44416. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 224 and State Route 45....

lies at the center of the township.

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.