Brookfield 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

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 10,020 people in the township, 9,921 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Hartford Township
  Hartford Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Hartford Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,104 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• South Pymatuning Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
  South Pymatuning Township, Pennsylvania
  South Pymatuning Township is a township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 21.5 square miles , of which, 19.3 square miles of it is land and 2.1 square miles of it is...
  
   - northeast
• Hermitage, Pennsylvania
  Hermitage, Pennsylvania
  Hermitage is a city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 16,157 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
  
   - east
• Hubbard Township
  Hubbard Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Hubbard Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,304 people in the township, 6,020 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Liberty Township
  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 :...
  
   - southwest corner
• Vienna Township
  Vienna Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Vienna Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,021 people in the township, 3,993 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Fowler Township
  Fowler Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Fowler Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,733 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Yankee Lake

Yankee Lake, Ohio

Yankee Lake is a village in Trumbull County, Ohio, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 99. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area....

 is located in northern Brookfield Township, along with three census-designated place

Census-designated place

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s:

• Brookfield Center
  Brookfield Center, Ohio
  Brookfield Center is a census-designated place in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,288 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
  , in the center
• Part of Masury
  Masury, Ohio
  Masury is a census-designated place in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,618 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
  
  , in the southeast
• West Hill
  West Hill, Ohio
  West Hill is a census-designated place in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,523 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
  , in the east

Name and history

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

Brookfield Township, Noble County, Ohio

Brookfield Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 119 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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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.

Attractions

Brookfield is home to Yankee Run Golf Course, voted one of the top courses in Ohio and given a 4 and 1/2 star rating by Golf Digest

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in 2001.