Hubbard 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

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 14,304 people in the township, 6,020 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:

• 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:...
  
   - north
• Hermitage, Pennsylvania
  Hermitage, Pennsylvania
  Hermitage is a city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 16,157 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
  
   - northeast
• Shenango Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
  Shenango Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
  Shenango Township is a township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,037 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 29.9 square miles , of which, 29.9 square miles of it is land and...
  
   - east
• Coitsville Township, Mahoning County
  Coitsville Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Coitsville Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,608 people in the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Youngstown
  Youngstown, Ohio
  Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
  
   - southwest
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 23,522 people in the township, 12,661 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.- Geography :...
  
   - west
• 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:...
  
   - northwest corner

The city of Hubbard

Hubbard, Ohio

Hubbard is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. It is formed from part of Hubbard Township, which was formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve. The population was 8,284 at the 2000 census...

 is located in central Hubbard Township, and the census-designated place

Census-designated place

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s of Maplewood Park

Maplewood Park, Ohio

Maplewood Park is a census-designated place in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 321 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

 and Masury

Masury, Ohio

Masury is a census-designated place in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,618 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...

are located in the township's south and northeast respectively.

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.