Brookfield Township, Trumbull County

Township · Trumbull County · 8,372 residents

Trumbull County

Local events in Brookfield Township, Trumbull County

Nothing is posted for Brookfield Township itself yet; here is what is on within 10 miles. All local events in Brookfield Township, Trumbull County

  1. Hubbard Civil Service Commission Meeting

    3 to 4 a.m. · Hubbard Administration Building · Hubbard · 5.0 mi · From City of Hubbard

  2. City Council Meeting

    1:30 to 3 p.m. · Hubbard Administration Building · Hubbard · 5.0 mi · From City of Hubbard

  3. Board of Control Meeting

    4 to 5 a.m. · Hubbard Administration Building · Hubbard · 5.0 mi · From City of Hubbard

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How Brookfield Township, Trumbull County began

Brookfield Township, sold by original owner Samuel Hinckley of Massachusetts, was first settled in 1796 by James McMullen Sr., who was offered 160 acres to come into what was then unbroken wilderness and built a log cabin near a spring southeast of the later schoolhouse; his son William, born there, was the township's first white child. Rev. Thomas G. Jones opened the first store, in his own two-room cabin, in 1802 and is credited as the first to bring the gospel to the township. A formal township government was organized May 14, 1810, meeting at the house of Constant Lake, with Brookfield Center growing into the township's only village. Coal mining, a blast furnace, a woolen mill and a gristmill anchored the 19th-century economy alongside farming. Its best-documented modern landmark is Yankee Lake, a reservoir on Yankee Run dammed in 1923 by John Jurko and E.H. Stewart, whose 1928 ballroom became a nationally known Big Band-era venue before the state ordered the lake drained in 1979 and its settlement incorporated separately as its own village.

Settled 1796, incorporated 1810-05-14, by James McMullen Sr., first settler in 1796; formal township government organized 1810.

Where the name comes from

No source consulted explains the origin of the name Brookfield; the township is one of only two in Ohio to carry the name, the other in Noble County, but no naming story for either was found. The 1882 county history does not address the question at all, describing only that the township was surveyed as 'town number four in range one.'

Before the town

The 1882 county history devotes a section headed 'Indians' to Brookfield's early settlement years, describing Native people, particularly along Big Yankee Run, as generally friendly and given to friendly wrestling and foot-racing contests with settlers' sons -- 'the white boys could generally throw their red skin antagonists, but when it came to foot-racing the Indian boys could out-distance them.' It also records a violent episode: an Indian named Flinn, disliked locally for his temper and drinking, killed his wife near the east bank of Big Yankee Run; she was buried by the road near the schoolhouse on the creek's east side. A settler named Carr later shot Flinn from ambush in revenge, a killing that went unsolved for years until Carr confessed it long afterward. Two named chiefs, called 'Cadashaway' and 'Kiogg' in the book's spelling, were said to be frequent visitors to the neighborhood. The book does not identify the nation any of these people belonged to, and a very similar story -- an Indian named Flin killed after a whiskey quarrel -- is told independently in the neighboring Hartford Township chapter of the same book, about a different incident and location; the two are not treated here as the same event.

Nations recorded here: Lenape (Delaware), Seneca, Mingo (Seneca-Cayuga).

  • Burial site of Flinn's wife (burial) — roadside near the schoolhouse on the east side of Big Yankee Run, early settlement period, undated (archive.org)

Timeline

  1. — James McMullen Sr. becomes the township's first settler, drawn by an offer of 160 acres, and builds a log cabin near a spring southeast of the later center schoolhouse.
  2. — Rev. Thomas G. Jones, a Baptist minister, builds a cabin and opens the township's first store with his brother Benjamin, and is credited with first introducing the gospel to Brookfield.
  3. — Proprietor Samuel Hinckley's land is surveyed and the township center, 'the green,' is donated for public use.
  4. — Qualified electors meet at the house of Constant Lake to elect the first officers of the newly organized township of Brookfield.
  5. — Settlers sign an April 1 covenant organizing the Presbyterian church of Brookfield; it is formally organized the next day by Rev. James Satterfield under the Hartford presbytery.
  6. — John Myers and Franklin Peck build the township's only woolen mill, its carding and fulling machinery powered by oxen on a tread-wheel.
  7. — Lawrence Smith erects the township's only blast furnace, a quarter-stack near the center with an attached foundry making plows, stoves and hollow-ware; it changes hands several times before being abandoned.
  8. — Coal is first discovered and used domestically in the township; General Joel B. Curtis opens the first mine from which coal is shipped.
  9. — The Brookfield Agricultural Society organizes with five stockholders, holding its first exhibition that September.
  10. — John Jurko (grandson of a 1906 Romanian immigrant) and E.H. Stewart, having bought farmland in the township, build the dam that creates the reservoir first known as Lingamore Lake, later Yankee Lake.
  11. — The Yankee Lake Ballroom opens beside the reservoir (the Yankee Lake Inn had opened the year before); the venue later becomes a premier Big Band-era attraction under Paul Jurko Sr., hosting Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Duke Ellington.
  12. — The Yankee Lake swimming lake, within the township, is drained.
  13. — Brookfield Township's census population is recorded at 8,372, spread across 24.7 square miles.

Stories

A killing on Big Yankee Run

The 1882 county history describes early relations between Brookfield's settlers and the Native people who still moved along Big Yankee Run as largely amicable -- boys from both communities wrestled and raced each other, the Indians generally winning the footraces. But it also records a darker episode. An Indian named Flinn, 'generally disliked on account of his sullen disposition and love of whiskey,' killed his wife near the creek's east bank; the other Indians showed little concern, burying her by the road near the schoolhouse and otherwise letting Flinn go on with his life. A settler named Carr decided to avenge her death himself, and one day, finding Flinn stooped over tying his moccasin along the creek bank, shot him and fled. The Indians suspected the whites but had no proof, and the killing went unsolved -- 'no one knew who had killed the old Indian until years afterward when the mystery was cleared up by a confession from Carr.'

The dance hall that outdrew the lake

In 1923, John Jurko -- grandson of a Romanian immigrant who had arrived in 1906 -- and his partner E.H. Stewart dammed Yankee Run creek on farmland they had bought in Brookfield Township, creating a reservoir first called Lingamore Lake before it took the creek's own name, Yankee Lake. An inn followed in 1927, and in 1928 the Yankee Lake Ballroom opened beside the water. For the better part of two decades, through the peak of the Big Band era, that ballroom -- under Paul Jurko Sr.'s management, at times packing in over 4,000 dancing fans -- punched well above the weight of a small Trumbull County township, drawing Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Duke Ellington to play for crowds who came from well beyond the county line, with unverified local lore also placing Depression-era gangsters among the visitors. The music faded along with the big bands themselves, and in 1979 the state ordered the lake drained over problems with the dam; today the site has been repurposed for motocross racing and live music, a working-class Trumbull County answer to the swankier lake resorts of the same era elsewhere in the country. The Jurko family sold its remaining land in 2025.

Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · newsonthegreen.com · archive.org

Water

Mostly private wells The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Brookfield Township, Trumbull County's boundary: 2 nursing homes, 2 fire and EMS stations, 3 public schools, 2 poor-rated bridges, 1 library, 1 police station, 3 shale and injection wells, 3 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 8 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Nursing homes (2)

  1. Addison Healthcare Center5 of 5 stars · Masury
    Address
    8055 Addison Road Se, Masury, OH 44438
    Certified beds
    55
    Residents on an average day
    51
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    COMMUNICARE HEALTH
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 448-2547
    Medicare ID
    365991
  2. O'Brien Memorial Health Care C3 of 5 stars · Masury
    Address
    563 Brookfield Ave Se, Masury, OH 44438
    Certified beds
    87
    Residents on an average day
    71
    Medicare overall rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    3 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    1 fine totalling $68,952, 1 payment denial (latest 2024-02-29)
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    WINDSOR HOUSE, INC.
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 448-2557
    Medicare ID
    365555

Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.

Fire and EMS stations (2)

  1. Brookfield Township Fire Department Station 18Brookfield
    Address
    774 State Highway 7 Northeast, Brookfield, OH 44403
    Coordinates
    41.23863, -80.56637
  2. Brookfield Township Fire Department Station 51Masury
    Address
    7818 Addison Road, Masury, OH 44438
    Coordinates
    41.22036, -80.53558

Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.

Public schools (3)

  1. Brookfield Elementary School3 of 5 stars · Brookfield
    Address
    614 Bedford Rd SE, Brookfield, OH 44403
    School district
    Brookfield Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    370
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    25
    Report card, 2025-26
    3 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    71.3%
    Ohio building IRN
    007906
    NCES school ID
    390501203842
  2. Brookfield High School3.5 of 5 stars · Brookfield
    Address
    614 Bedford Rd SE, Brookfield, OH 44403
    School district
    Brookfield Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    276
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    19.5
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    71.4%
    Four-year graduation rate
    98.6%
    Ohio building IRN
    003749
    NCES school ID
    390501203840
  3. Brookfield Middle School2.5 of 5 stars · Brookfield
    Address
    614 Bedford Rd SE, Brookfield, OH 44403
    School district
    Brookfield Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    325
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    16.5
    Report card, 2025-26
    2.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    68.8%
    Ohio building IRN
    003756
    NCES school ID
    390501203841

Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.

Bridges rated poor (2)

  1. Albright Mckay Rd. over Little Yankee RunPoor · built 1951
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1951
    Length
    13 ft
    Owner
    County
    Vehicles a day
    485
    Coordinates
    41.23000, -80.60094
  2. Orangeville Tr-182 over Big RunPoor · built 1964
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Culvert
    Built
    1964
    Length
    7 ft
    Owner
    State
    Vehicles a day
    704
    Coordinates
    41.26936, -80.51911

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025. "Poor" means one major part rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale; it calls for repair, not closing, unless the state posts or closes the bridge.

Public libraries (1)

  1. Brookfield Branch LibraryBranch · Brookfield
    Address
    7032 Grove St, Brookfield, OH 44403
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Warren-Trumbull County Public Library
    Open
    2,496 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    5,900 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    434,200
    System's loans, FY2024
    665,653
    People the system serves
    142,591
    Phone
    (330) 448-8134

Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.

Police stations (1)

  1. Brookfield Police DepartmentBrookfield
    Address
    6844 Strimbu Drive, Brookfield, OH 44403
    Coordinates
    41.22965, -80.57225

Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.

Shale and injection wells (3)

  1. Highland Brookfield (Swiw #37) 5 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
    What it is
    Injection well (Class II)
    Operator
    Sws Holdings, Llc
    County
    Trumbull County
    API well number
    34155240990000
    Coordinates
    41.24426, -80.58310
  2. Highland Brookfield (Swiw #40) 4 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
    What it is
    Injection well (Class II)
    Operator
    Sws Holdings, Llc
    County
    Trumbull County
    API well number
    34155241030000
    Coordinates
    41.24667, -80.58388
  3. Hray-Mullenax Disposal (Swiw #34) 1 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
    What it is
    Injection well (Class II)
    Operator
    Select Water Solutions, Llc
    County
    Trumbull County
    API well number
    34155240910000
    Coordinates
    41.22036, -80.56019

Source: ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources well inventory (September 2026): drilled Utica, Marcellus and horizontal wells and Class II injection wells not plugged. Older vertical wells are on the full map.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (3)

  1. Bull Moose Tube Co - Masury PlantToxics Release Inventory · Masury
    Address
    1433 Standard Ave.,Se, Masury, OH 44438
    County
    Trumbull County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
    EPA program ID
    4443WBLLMS1433S
    EPA registry ID
    110024890359
  2. Graphite Products CoToxics Release Inventory · Brookfield
    Address
    5756 Warren Sharon Rd., Brookfield, OH 44403
    County
    Trumbull County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44403GRPHT5756W
    EPA registry ID
    110002111679
  3. Howell Ind IncToxics Release Inventory · Masury
    Address
    County Road 26, Masury, OH 44438
    County
    Trumbull County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44438HWLLNCOUNT
    EPA registry ID
    110007708141

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.

Spills reported since 2021 (8)

  1. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2025-07-21 · Brookfield Twp
    Reported
    2025-07-21
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    7 gallons
    Where
    Brookfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2507EPA0001215
  2. Sewage Human2025-07-09 · Brookfield Twp
    Reported
    2025-07-09
    What spilled
    Sewage Human
    Where
    Brookfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2507EPA0001143
  3. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2024-11-01 · Brookfield Twp
    Reported
    2024-11-01
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    30 gallons
    Where
    Brookfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2411EPA0001825
  4. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc Reached water2022-09-10 · Brookfield Twp
    Reported
    2022-09-10
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Reached a waterway
    78 - Little Yankee Run
    Where
    Brookfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2209EPA0001380
  5. Chlorine (Cl) (Gas)2022-02-19 · Brookfield Twp
    Reported
    2022-02-19
    What spilled
    Chlorine (Cl) (Gas)
    Where
    Brookfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2202EPA0000210
  6. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2021-12-11 · Brookfield Twp
    Reported
    2021-12-11
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    10 gallons
    Where
    Brookfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2112EPA0001848
  7. Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2026-07-21 · Brookfield Twp
    Reported
    2026-07-21
    What spilled
    Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
    Largest amount reported
    10 gallons
    Where
    Brookfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2607EPA0001327
  8. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2026-06-24 · Brookfield Twp
    Reported
    2026-06-24
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    50 gallons
    Where
    Brookfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2606EPA0001141

Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.

Its ZIP codes

Each ZIP code that touches Brookfield Township, Trumbull County, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.

Local government

Who holds office in Brookfield Township, Trumbull County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.

Who holds office

OfficeNamePartyTerm endsContact
TrusteeSHANNON L. DEVITZ12/31/2027 7302 WILDWOOD DR, BROOKFIELD, OH 44403
TrusteeDANIEL S. SUTTLES12/31/2029 7481 OAKWOOD DR, BROOKFIELD, OH 44403
TrusteeMARK FERRARA12/31/2029 999 TAYLOR AVE, MASURY, OH 44438
Fiscal officerDENA R. MCMULLIN3/31/2028 427 WINTERGREEN DR, BROOKFIELD, OH 44403

Roster as of 2026-08-24: county board of elections.

Money issues on the ballot since 2016: 3 of 5 passed; of those asking for new or higher taxes, 2 of 2.

Ballot issues

DateIssueForAgainstResult
2024-11-05 Issue: Brookfield Twp Police & EMS Renewal 2 mills 5 years (2.0 mills, renewal) 2,4481,570Passed (60.93% for), unofficial
2024-11-05 Issue: LO Brookfield Township K La Palma Sunday Sales 637182Passed (77.78% for), unofficial
2022-11-08 Issue: Brookfield Twp Roads Additional 3.5 mills continuing (3.5 mills, additional) 1,6241,523Passed (51.6% for)
2021-11-02 Issue: Brookfield Twp Replacement Police 1 mill Continuing (1.0 mills, replacement) 1,159440Passed (72.48% for)
2016-11-08 Issue: Brookfield Twp Cemeteries Add 0.5 mill (0.5 mills) 1,5932,465Failed (39.26% for)
2016-11-08 Issue: Brookfield Twp Parks Add 0.5 mill (0.5 mills) 1,6382,413Failed (40.43% for)

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2025-11-04 Township Trustees Mark Ferrara 620, 44.77%; Daniel S. Suttles 765, 55.23%
2023-11-07 Township Trustee Shannon Devitz 1,287, 55.91%; Tim Gladis 1,015, 44.09%
2023-11-07 Township Fiscal Officer Dena R. McMullin 1,977, 100.0%
2021-11-02 Township Trustees Mark Ferrara 862, 31.51%; Catherine Hodge 630, 23.03%; Daniel S. Suttles 1,244, 45.47%
2019-11-06 Twp Trustee Clifford B. Elliott, Jr. 426, 20.4%; Ronald E. Haun 1,135, 54.36%; Mark Syersak 527, 25.24%
2019-11-06 Twp Fiscal Officer Dena R. McMullin 1,689, 100.0%
2018-05-08 E LO Sunday YES 113, 68.07%; NO 53, 31.93%
2017-11-07 Trustee (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) Lees, Gary Paul 1,229, 32.46%; Magestro, Dion J. 1,057, 27.92%; Suttles, Dan 1,500, 39.62%
2017-11-07 Township Proposed Zoning Plan YES 1,142, 49.59%; NO 1,161, 50.41%
2015-11-03 Twp Pct K LO Sunday Sales YES 367, 75.51%; NO 119, 24.49%
2015-11-03 Trustee Haun, Ronald E. 1,866, 100.0%
2015-11-03 Fiscal Officer McMullin, Dena 1,800, 100.0%

Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.

Auditor of State record

Quick answers

What county is Brookfield Township, Ohio in?

Brookfield Township, Trumbull County is a township in Trumbull County, Ohio, with 8,372 residents.

When was Brookfield Township, Ohio founded?

Brookfield Township, Trumbull County was settled 1796; incorporated 1810-05-14. Founders on record: James McMullen Sr., first settler in 1796; formal township government organized 1810. Source

What ZIP code is Brookfield Township, Ohio?

Brookfield Township, Trumbull County is served by ZIP codes 44403, 44438, 44425 and 44418; 44403 holds the largest share of its residents.

Where does Brookfield Township, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Brookfield Township, Trumbull County (Aqua Ohio - Masury): Mostly private wells.

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