Canfield Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Mahoning County, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 14,624 people in the township, 7,250 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Austintown Township
  Austintown Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Austintown Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 38,001 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• 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...
  
   - northeast corner
• 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...
  
   - east
• Beaver Township
  Beaver Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Beaver Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,466 people in the township, 6,104 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Green Township
  Green Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,450 people in the township, 3,095 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• 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:...
  
   - west
• 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...
  
   - northwest corner

The city of Canfield

Canfield, Ohio

Canfield is an affluent suburban city located in Mahoning County, Ohio,[United States, at the intersection of U.S. Route 224 and State Route 46/U.S. Route 62, about ten miles southwest of Youngstown. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 7,374. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman,...

is located in central Canfield Township.

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.