Brookfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

Brookfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Township

The village green at Brookfield Center

Location of Brookfield Township in Trumbull County

Coordinates: 41°14′0″N 80°33′7″W﻿ / ﻿41.23333°N 80.55194°W﻿ / 41.23333; -80.55194
Country|  United States
State|  Ohio
County| Trumbull
Area

• Total| 24.7 sq mi (63.9 km2)
• Land| 24.6 sq mi (63.7 km2)
• Water| 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation

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| 1,063 ft (324 m)
Population

(2020)[2]

• Total| 8,447
• Density| 343.4/sq mi (132.6/km2)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code|

44403

Area code(s)| 330, 234
FIPS code| 39-09190[3]
GNIS feature ID| 1087026[1]
Website| Township website

Brookfield Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 8,447 people in the township.

## Geography

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Located in the Southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

* Hartford Township \- north
* South Pymatuning Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania \- northeast
* Hubbard Township \- south
* Liberty Township \- southwest corner
* Sharon, Pennsylvania \- east
* Vienna Township \- west
* Fowler Township \- northwest corner

The village of Yankee Lake is located in northern Brookfield Township, along with three census-designated places:

* Brookfield Center, in the center
* Part of Masury, in the southeast
* West Hill, in the east

## Name and history

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Statewide, the only other Brookfield Township is located in Noble County.

## Government

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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,[4] 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.

Brookfield has a public library, a branch of the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library.[5]

## Education

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Public education in the township is managed by Brookfield Local School District, which operates three schools:

* Brookfield Elementary School
* Brookfield Middle School
* Brookfield High School

All three schools are housed in a K-12 complex that held its first classes during the 2011–2012 academic year. As of the 2016–2017 academic year, 1,000 pupils attend the school district with a student-teacher ratio of 17:1.[6]

## Media

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### Television

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The township is served by WKBN-TV (CBS), WFMJ-TV (NBC), WYTV (ABC), WYFX-LD (Fox) and WBCB (CW), all broadcast from nearby Youngstown, OH.

### Radio

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The township is served by several AM radio stations, such as WLOA (1470 AM) (Farrell, PA), WPIC (790 AM) (Sharon, PA), WKBN (570 AM) (Youngstown, OH), and by several FM radio stations such as WYFM/"Y-103" (102.9 FM) (Yankee Lake, OH), WLLF/"The River" (96.7 FM) (Mercer, PA), WYLE/"Willie 95.1" (95.1 FM) (Grove City, PA), WMXY/"Mix 98.9" (98.9 FM) (Youngstown, OH) and WWIZ/"Z-104" (West Middlesex, PA), because of Brookfield's unique position along the Pennsylvania/Ohio border..

### Print

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Brookfield Township is served by News on the Green, a monthly publication that focuses Brookfield, Yankee Lake, and Masury, The Herald (Sharon, PA), The Vindicator (Youngstown, OH), and the Tribune Chronicle (Youngstown, OH).

## References

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1. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. ^ "Brookfield township, Trumbull County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed April 30, 2009.
5. ^ "Locations". Warren-Trumbull County Public Library. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
6. ^ "District Detail for Brookfield Local". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved February 9, 2019.

## External links

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* Trumbull County website
* Brookfield Township website
* Brookfield Local Schools website
* Brookfield Police Department website
* Brookfield Fire Department website
* Brookfield Township Historical Society website
* Brookfield Branch Library of the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library website Archived April 25, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

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Municipalities and communities of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Warren

Cities|

* Cortland
* Girard
* Hubbard
* Niles
* Warren
* Youngstown‡

Map of Ohio highlighting Trumbull County

Villages|

* Lordstown
* McDonald
* Newton Falls
* Orangeville
* West Farmington
* Yankee Lake

Townships|

* Bazetta
* Bloomfield
* Braceville
* Bristol
* Brookfield
* Champion
* Farmington
* Fowler
* Greene
* Gustavus
* Hartford
* Howland
* Hubbard
* Johnston
* Kinsman
* Liberty
* Mecca
* Mesopotamia
* Newton
* Southington
* Vernon
* Vienna
* Warren
* Weathersfield

CDPs|

* Bolindale
* Brookfield Center
* Champion Heights
* Churchill
* Hilltop
* Howland Center
* Kinsman
* Leavittsburg
* Maplewood Park
* Masury
* McKinley Heights
* Mineral Ridge‡
* Morgandale
* South Canal
* Vienna Center
* West Hill

Unincorporated
communities|

* Bristolville
* Burghill
* Center of the World
* Corinth
* Delightful
* Farmdale
* Fowler
* Hartford
* Mecca
* North Bloomfield
* Phalanx
* Pricetown‡
* Sodom
* Southington
* Stanhope‡
* Tyrrell
* West Mecca

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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