Austintown Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Mahoning County, 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 38,001 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County
  Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Weathersfield Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 27,717 people in the township, 8,677 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Liberty Township, Trumbull County
  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 :...
  
   - northeast corner
• 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...
  
   - east
• Boardman Township
  Boardman Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Boardman Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 42,518 people in the township...
  
   - southeast corner
• Canfield Township
  Canfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Canfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,624 people in the township, 7,250 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Ellsworth Township
  Ellsworth Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Ellsworth Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,234 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,167 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Lordstown - north...
  
   - west
• Lordstown
  Lordstown, Ohio
  Lordstown is a village in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Austintown Township, although two census-designated place

Census-designated place

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s are located there: Austintown

Austintown, Ohio

Austintown is a census-designated place in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 31,627 at the 2000 census...

 in the east, and part of Mineral Ridge

Mineral Ridge, Ohio

Mineral Ridge is a census-designated place in Mahoning and Trumbull counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 3,900 at the 2000 census...

in the north.

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.