Bloomfield 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 1,097 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Orwell Township, Ashtabula County
  Orwell Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Orwell Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,830 people in the township, 1,311 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Colebrook Township, Ashtabula County
  Colebrook Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Colebrook Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 887 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Greene Township
  Greene Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Greene Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 986 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Mecca Township
  Mecca Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Mecca Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,829 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Bristol Township
  Bristol Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Bristol Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,154 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Farmington Township
  Farmington Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Farmington Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,353 people in the township, 1,834 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Mesopotamia Township
  Mesopotamia Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Mesopotamia Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,051 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Windsor Township, Ashtabula County
  Windsor Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Windsor Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,932 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Bloomfield Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 of North Bloomfield

North Bloomfield, Ohio

North Bloomfield is an unincorporated community in central Bloomfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44450. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 45 and 87....

 lies at the center of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Bloomfield Townships are located in Jackson

Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio

Bloomfield Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 896 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

 and Logan

Bloomfield Township, Logan County, Ohio

Bloomfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 419 people in the township, making Bloomfield the smallest township in Logan County in population.-Geography:...

Counties.

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.