Hartford Township is one of the twenty-four townships

Civil township

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 of Trumbull County

Trumbull County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 225,116 people, 89,020 households, and 61,690 families residing in the county. The population density was 365 people per square mile . There were 95,117 housing units at an average density of 154 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,104 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Vernon Township
  Vernon Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Vernon Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,765 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• South Pymatuning Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
  South Pymatuning Township, Pennsylvania
  South Pymatuning Township is a township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 21.5 square miles , of which, 19.3 square miles of it is land and 2.1 square miles of it is...
  
   - east
• Brookfield Township
  Brookfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  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.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Vienna Township
  Vienna Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Vienna Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,021 people in the township, 3,993 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Fowler Township
  Fowler Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Fowler Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,733 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Johnston Township
  Johnston Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Johnston Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,040 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Orangeville

Orangeville, Ohio

Orangeville is a village in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 189 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

 is located in northeastern Hartford Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Hartford

Hartford, Trumbull County, Ohio

Hartford is an unincorporated community in central Hartford Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44424. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 7 and 305....

 lies at the center of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Hartford Township is located in Licking County

Hartford Township, Licking County, Ohio

Hartford Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,290 people in the township, 878 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

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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.