Braceville Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Braceville Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Trumbull County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Trumbull

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area_total_km2 = 60.4
area_land_km2 = 60.1
area_water_km2 = 0.4
area_total_sq_mi = 23.3
area_land_sq_mi = 23.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2887
population_density_km2 = 48.1
population_density_sq_mi = 124.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 274
elevation_ft = 899
latd = 41 |latm = 13 |lats = 45 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 57 |longs = 13 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44444
area_code = 330
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blank_info = 39-08056GR|2
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Braceville Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,887 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39155 Trumbull County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships and village:
*Southington Township - north
*Champion Township - northeast corner
*Warren Township - east
*Lordstown - southeast corner
*Newton Township - south
*Paris Township, Portage County - southwest corner
*Windham Township, Portage County - west
*Nelson Township, Portage County - northwest corner

A small part of the city of Newton Falls is located in southern Braceville Township, and the unincorporated community of Center of the World lies in the township's east. In 1990, the Turnpike Interchange Census-designated place [CDP] was located in Braceville Township; however, this ceased to be a CDP after the 1990 Census.

Braceville Township covers an area of 25 sq mi.

Name and history

It is the only Braceville Township statewide.

Braceville Township was formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve.

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

Notable residents

Boxer Earnie Shavers, famous for surviving 15 rounds against Muhammad Ali in 1977, grew up in Braceville. [ [http://www.libraryvisit.org/localnotablepart2.htm Notable People in Mahoning County History] , Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, 2007. Accessed 2007-06-07.]

References

External links

* [http://www.co.trumbull.oh.us County website]