Kinsman Township is one of the twenty-four
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of
Trumbull County
Trumbull County is a county in the far northeast portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 201,977. Its county seat and largest city is Warren, which developed industry along the Mahoning River. Trumbull Coun ...
,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 1,751 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Williamsfield Township, Ashtabula County - north
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West Shenango Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania - northeast
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Greene Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Greene Township is a township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2020 census, the township population was 1,051, down from 1,091 in 2010.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total a ...
- east
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West Salem Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania - southeast
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Vernon Township - south
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Johnston Township - southwest corner
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Gustavus Township - west
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Wayne Township, Ashtabula County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Kinsman Township, although two
unincorporated communities
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 ...
lie in the township:
Farmdale in the southwest, and
Kinsman
A kinsman is a male relative (see kinship).
The term kinsman (or plural kinsmen) may also refer to:
Places in the United States
*Kinsman, Illinois
*Kinsman, Ohio
*Kinsman Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
*Kinsman Mountain, in the White Mountains o ...
in the south.
Name and history
Kinsman Township was named for a local family of early settlers. It is the only Kinsman Township statewide.
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,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. Accessed April 30, 2009. 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.
Notable residents
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Seward Darrow (; April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer who became famous in the 19th century for high-profile representations of trade union causes, and in the 20th century for several criminal matters, including the ...
was born in Kinsman Township.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Trumbull County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio