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Coitsville Township, Ohio
Fields at the McGuffey Homesite in northwestern Coitsville Township
Fields at the McGuffey Homesite in northwestern Coitsville Township
Location of Coitsville Township in Mahoning County
Location of Coitsville Township in Mahoning County
Country United States
State Ohio
County Mahoning
Area
 • Total 12.9 sq mi (33.4 km2)
 • Land 12.8 sq mi (33.2 km2)
 • Water 0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation
1,112 ft (339 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 1,264
 • Density 98.02/sq mi (37.84/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
44436
Area code(s) 234/330
FIPS code 39-16476
GNIS feature ID 1086561

Coitsville Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,264 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county along the Pennsylvania border, it borders the following townships:

  • Hubbard Township, Trumbull County - north
  • Shenango Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania - northeast
  • Pulaski Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania - east
  • Poland Township - south
  • Youngstown - west

The western half of what was originally Coitsville Township is now occupied by three cities:

Name and history

Coitsville Township is named for Daniel Coit of the Connecticut Land Company. There is no evidence he ever lived in Coitsville, but in 1798 he sent a survey party and a land agent to Coitsville. The first Euro-American settler, Amos Loveland, came in 1798 and by 1801 settlers started coming in large numbers. Alexander McGuffey, one of the early settlers in Coitsville, moved there with his family from Washington County, Pennsylvania around 1800. His son, William Holmes McGuffey, received his common school education in Coitsville and later wrote the popular McGuffey Readers.

With excellent soil for farming in Coitsville Township, agriculture was the main occupation for many of the early settlers. In 1807 or 1808, the settlers built the first school house, a little log building in the northeastern part of Coitsville Township. In the early years, there were several sawmills and a gristmill in Coitsville; two stores, a tannery, and two blacksmith shops were eventually added to the township.

It is the only Coitsville Township statewide.

Media

Coitsville Township is served by the Hometown Journal, a local weekly newspaper.

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