Rome Township is one of the twenty-seven townships

Civil township

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 of Ashtabula County

Ashtabula County, Ohio

Ashtabula County is the northeasternmost county in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 101,497, its county seat is Jefferson. The county is named for a Native American word meaning "river of many fish"....

, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,568 people in the township, 919 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Morgan Township
  Morgan Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Morgan Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,954 people in the township, 780 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Lenox Township
  Lenox Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Lenox Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,388 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jefferson Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• New Lyme Township
  New Lyme Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  New Lyme Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,072 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Colebrook Township
  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:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Orwell Township
  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:...
  
   - south
• Windsor Township
  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:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Hartsgrove Township
  Hartsgrove Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Hartsgrove Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,395 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southwestern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Trumbull Township
  Trumbull Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Trumbull Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,461 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the western edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

Part of the village of Roaming Shores

Roaming Shores, Ohio

Roaming Shores is a village in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,239 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Roaming Shores is located at ....

 is located in northeastern Rome Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Rome Townships are located in Athens

Rome Township, Athens County, Ohio

Rome Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,400 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Bern Township - north...

 and Lawrence

Rome Township, Lawrence County, Ohio

Rome Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,694 people in the township, 8,366 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 Counties.

The first houses in Rome Township were built by settlers Elijah Crosby and Abner Hall in 1805, but the first permanent settler in the township was former Connecticut

Connecticut

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resident William Crowell, who arrived in the following year.

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. Currently, the board is composed of chairman Gary Hunter and members Tom Gage and John Horning.