Greenford is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in central

Green Township, Mahoning County, Ohio Green Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,414 people in the township. Geography Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Canfield T ...

, United States. The community lies along State Route 165 a short distance north of Salem. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. Greenford has a

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with the ZIP code 44422, in operation since 1829. The community takes its name from Green Township. Greenford has a public library, a branch of the

Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County has 15 branches that serve 10 communities in Mahoning County, Ohio. In 2005, the library loaned more than 1.8 million items to its 122,000 cardholders. Total holdings are over 686,000 volumes ...

History

Greenford is the largest community in Green Township. The area was first settled by people of German ancestry in the early 1800s. In its formation, Green Township and the area surrounding Greenford had been a series of farms and coal mines. As the population grew, schools and churches were built throughout the community.

Education

In 1844, there were 12 schools throughout the entire township, and multiple churches serving different denominations. Greenford High School would later form with North Lima High School in 1969 to form what is now

South Range High School South Range High School is a public high school in Beaver Township, Ohio, United States, which lies just outside Canfield. The athletes are known as the South Range Raiders, which compete in the Northeast 8 Athletic Conference as a school belon ...

. The old Greenford High School had been used as the Middle School for South Range, until 2010 when the new K-12 campus in Canfield opened.

Politics

In the

Ohio General Assembly The Ohio General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. It consists of the 99-member Ohio House of Representatives and the 33-member Ohio Senate. Both houses of the General Assembly meet at the Ohio Statehouse in Colu ...

, Greenford is located in the 33rd Senate District, represented by

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(R), and in the 59th State Representative District, represented by

Alessandro Cutrona Alessandro Cutrona is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Ohio Senate for the 33rd District. Cutrona is a Republican. Early life and education Cutrona was born and raised in the Mahoning Valley. He graduated from C ...

(R).

Notable person

* John V. Lewis (died 1913), member of the

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* Ty Votaw, former

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References

Unincorporated communities in Mahoning County, Ohio 1829 establishments in Ohio Populated places established in 1829 Unincorporated communities in Ohio {{MahoningCountyOH-geo-stub