Weathersfield 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 27,717 people in the township, 8,677 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities:

• Howland Township
  Howland Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Howland Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. Along with Liberty Township, it is one of two urban townships in Trumbull County...
  
   - north
• 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:...
  
   - northeast corner
• 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 :...
  
   - east
• 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...
  
   - southeast corner
• Austintown Township, Mahoning County
  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:...
  
   - south
• Jackson Township, Mahoning County
  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...
  
   - southwest corner
• Lordstown
  Lordstown, Ohio
  Lordstown is a village in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - west
• Warren Township
  Warren Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Warren Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,817 people in the township.-Geography:Warren Township is located at 41°14'18" North, 80°48'52" West...
  
   - northwest

Several populated places are located in Weathersfield Township:

• Much of the city of Niles
  Niles, Ohio
  Niles is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The city's population was 20,932 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  , in the north
• The village of McDonald
  McDonald, Ohio
  McDonald is a village in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,481 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:McDonald is located at ....
  
  , in the east
• The census-designated place
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   of Hilltop
  Hilltop, Ohio
  Hilltop is a census-designated place in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 534 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
  , in the east
• Part of the census-designated place of Mineral Ridge
  Mineral Ridge, Ohio
  Mineral Ridge is a census-designated place in Mahoning and Trumbull counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 3,900 at the 2000 census...
  
  , in the south

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.