Springfield Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Mahoning County, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

, 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 6,054 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county along the Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

 border, it borders the following townships:

• Poland Township
  Poland Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Poland Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,711 people in the township, 11,845 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Mahoning Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
  Mahoning Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
  Mahoning Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,447 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 25.0 square miles , of which, 24.5 square miles of it is land and...
  
   - northeast corner
• North Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
  North Beaver Township, Pennsylvania
  North Beaver Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,022 at the 2000 census.The Slovene National Benefit Society applied to have their 500 acre recreation center in North Beaver Township designated as a separate municipality in 1977. The S.N.P.J...
  
   - east
• Little Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
  Little Beaver Township, Pennsylvania
  Little Beaver Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,310 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Unity Township, Columbiana County
  Unity Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Unity Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,294 people in the township, 3,969 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Fairfield Township, Columbiana County
  Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Fairfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,583 people in the township, 4,215 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• 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:...
  
   - west
• 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...
  
   - northwest

The village of New Middletown

New Middletown, Ohio

New Middletown is a village in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,682 at the 2000 census. New Middletown is served by a branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County...

 is located in central Springfield Township, and two unincorporated communities

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...

 lie in the township: New Springfield

New Springfield, Ohio

New Springfield is an unincorporated community in southern Springfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44443. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 165 and 617....

 in the south, and Petersburg

Petersburg, Ohio

Petersburg is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Springfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 in the southeast.

Name and history

It is one of eleven Springfield Townships statewide

Springfield Township, Ohio

Springfield Township, Ohio may refer to:*Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio*Springfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio*Springfield Township, Hamilton County, Ohio*Springfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio*Springfield Township, Lucas County, Ohio...

.

For many years, the township was part of Columbiana County

Columbiana County, Ohio

Columbiana County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 107,841. It is named for Christopher Columbus and the county seat is Lisbon....

, before becoming part of Mahoning County in 1846.

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.