Gustavus Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
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|image_skyline = Gustavus Center Historic District Town Hall.jpg
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|image_caption = Township hall at Gustavus Center
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|map_caption = Location of Gustavus Township in Trumbull County
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|subdivision_name1 = Ohio
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Trumbull
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|area_total_km2 = 64.7
|area_land_km2 = 64.7
|area_water_km2 = 0.0
|area_total_sq_mi = 25.0
|area_land_sq_mi = 25.0
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.0
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 834
|population_density_km2 = auto
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}
|elevation_m = 298
|elevation_ft = 978
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|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 44417
The 44417 ZIP code is Farmdale. It is currently located within the Kinsman, Ohio, post office because the Farmdale building was demolished.
|area_code = 234/330
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|blank_info = 39-32732{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}
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|website = https://gustavustownship.org/
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Gustavus Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 834 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Wayne Township, Ashtabula County - north
- Williamsfield Township, Ashtabula County - northeast corner
- Kinsman Township - east
- Vernon Township - southeast corner
- Johnston Township - south
- Mecca Township - southwest corner
- Greene Township - west
- Colebrook Township, Ashtabula County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Gustavus Township.
Name and history
Gustavus Township was named after Gustavus Storrs, the son of a land agent.{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=71|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=55}} It is the only Gustavus Township statewide.{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| publisher = United States Census Bureau| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| format = PDF| access-date =February 16, 2007}}
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,[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed April 30, 2009. 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.
References
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External links
- [https://gustavustownship.org/ Official Gustavus Township website]
- [http://www.co.trumbull.oh.us County website]
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