Hartsgrove Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
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|subdivision_name2 = Ashtabula
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|area_total_km2 = 64.5
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|population_total = 1624
|population_density_km2 = 24.8
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|postal_code = 44085
|area_code = 440
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|blank_info = 39-34300{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}
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Hartsgrove Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,624 people in the township.{{cite web |title=Hartsgrove township, Ashtabula County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Hartsgrove_township;_Ashtabula_County;_Ohio?g=060XX00US3900734300 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=17 May 2023}}
Geography
Located on the southwestern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Trumbull Township - north
- Morgan Township - northeast corner
- Rome Township - east
- Orwell Township - southeast corner
- Windsor Township - south
- Huntsburg Township, Geauga County - southwest corner
- Montville Township, Geauga County - west
- Thompson Township, Geauga County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Hartsgrove Township.
Name and history
Hartsgrove Township was organized in 1830. It was named for Richard W. Hart, an early settler in the area and native of Connecticut.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ | title=The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary | publisher=Scott and Wright | date=1833 | accessdate=12 December 2013 | author=Kilbourn, John | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ/page/n220 236]}}{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n150 151]}}
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 4/30/2009. 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. Currently, the members of the board are Bruce Gottron, Paul Hall, and Robert Williams.[http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2200 Ashtabula County, Ohio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006081122/http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2200 |date=2007-10-06 }} Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.
References
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External links
- [http://hartsgrove.org/index.html Official Hartsgrove Township Website]
- [http://www.co.ashtabula.oh.us County website]
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Category:Townships in Ashtabula County, Ohio
Category:1830 establishments in Ohio