Johnston 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

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 found 2,040 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Gustavus Township
  Gustavus Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Gustavus Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 948 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Kinsman Township
  Kinsman Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Kinsman Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,943 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Vernon Township
  Vernon Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Vernon Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,765 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• 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:...
  
   - southeast corner
• 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:...
  
   - south
• Bazetta Township
  Bazetta Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Bazetta Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,306 people in the township.-Geography:Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Mecca Township - north...
  
   - southwest corner
• 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:...
  
   - west
• 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:...
  
   - northwest corner

Part of the city of Cortland

Cortland, Ohio

Cortland is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States located on the eastern shore of Mosquito Creek Reservoir. Walnut Run is the creek that runs through town. The population was 6,830 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area....

 is located in southwestern Johnston Township.

Name and history

It is the only Johnston Township statewide, although there is a Johnson Township

Johnson Township, Champaign County, Ohio

Johnson Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,357 people in the township, 1,578 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 in Champaign County

Champaign County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,890 people, 14,952 households, and 10,870 families residing in the county. The population density was 91 people per square mile . There were 15,890 housing units at an average density of 37 per square mile...

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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.