Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County

Township · Trumbull County · 8,068 residents

Trumbull County

Local events in Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County

Weathersfield Township itself has 1 event posted in the next 90 days; the others here are within 10 miles. All local events in Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County

  1. JV/Varsity Girls Basketball @ Mineral Ridge

    5:30 to 9:30 p.m. · Mineral Ridge High School, 1334 Seaborn St, Mineral Ridge, OH 44440, USA · From McDonald Local School District

  2. 🩸Blood Battle - McDonald vs. Ridge🩸

    8 a.m. to 2 p.m. · McDonald High School, 600 Iowa Ave, McDonald, OH 44437, USA · Mcdonald · 1.3 mi · From McDonald Local School District

  3. Bowling - Brookfield

    4 to 7 p.m. · McKinley Lanes Bowling Center, 2666 Robbins Ave, Niles, OH 44446, USA · Niles · 1.9 mi · From McDonald Local School District

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

How Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County began

Weathersfield Township, surrounding Niles on the Mahoning River, is named for Wethersfield, Connecticut, one of the oldest English towns in New England. Long before any township existed here, its famous salt springs -- marked on maps as early as 1755 and long used by deer and the Native people who hunted them along trails leading to the springs -- drew General Samuel Holden Parsons of Middletown, Connecticut to build salt works under an 1788 Connecticut land grant, the first ever made by that state; Parsons drowned at Beaver Falls returning home and his works were abandoned. Reuben Harmon, who had bought 500 acres of the salt-spring tract in 1797, is documented as the township's likely first settler, appearing on the 1801 county tax list before bringing his family from Vermont in 1800. The township organized in 1809; no record of its first officers survives. Dan Eaton (born Daniel Heaton, renamed by act of the legislature), an eccentric deist twice elected to the state legislature, became the Mahoning valley's pioneer iron manufacturer here. Today it is one of Trumbull County's most populous townships, encompassing parts of Niles, McDonald, and the Hilltop and McKinley Heights areas.

Settled 1801 (Reuben Harmon, first documented settler, per the county tax list; he had purchased land in 1797 and returned with his family in 1800), incorporated 1809, by Reuben Harmon, likely first settler.

Where the name comes from

The township is named after Wethersfield, Connecticut, one of Connecticut's oldest towns; the spelling was altered to 'Weathersfield' for the Ohio township, and it is the only township carrying this name anywhere in Ohio.

Before the town

The 1882 county history describes the township's famous salt springs, about half a mile south of the Mahoning and a mile west of Niles, as known to white traders as early as 1755 (marked on the Evans map of that date) and long used before that by deer drawn to the saline water, which in turn drew Native hunters: the book records that 'deer licks and Indian trails leading to the principal springs were discovered by the first settlers,' implying established, well-worn routes to the springs that predated white settlement, though it does not name the nation or nations who used them. No village, camp, treaty event or named individual specific to the township is otherwise recorded in the sources reviewed.

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

  • Weathersfield salt springs and approach trails (trail) — about half a mile south of the Mahoning River, roughly a mile west of Niles, pre-1755 (known to whites by that date; used earlier) (archive.org)

Timeline

  1. — The Weathersfield salt springs are already known to whites and marked on the Evans map of that year, having drawn deer -- and the Native hunters who followed them -- for an unknown period before.
  2. — General Samuel Holden Parsons of Middletown, Connecticut receives a roughly 36,000-acre grant including the salt springs tract, the first land grant ever made by the State of Connecticut in the Western Reserve, signed by Governor Samuel Huntingdon.
  3. — Reuben Harmon, from Vermont, purchases 500 acres of the salt spring tract and engages in salt manufacture.
  4. — Harmon, after a brief return to Vermont early in the year, brings his family to settle permanently.
  5. — Reuben Harmon appears on Trumbull County's duplicate tax list as a resident taxpayer of township three, range three -- the earliest documented evidence of settlement, making him probably the township's first settler.
  6. — John Tidd, step-father of potter Thomas Bristol, is living at the salt spring.
  7. — The five Heaton brothers -- James, Dan, Bowen, Reese and Isaac -- are settled in the township, among its earliest documented families.
  8. — Township three, range three is organized into a township and election district under the name Weathersfield; no record of the first township officers survives.
  9. — Dan Eaton (born Daniel Heaton, renamed by act of the state legislature), the Mahoning valley's pioneer iron manufacturer, is elected state senator from Trumbull County; he is elected to the legislature's popular branch again in 1820.
  10. — Two potteries, run by Orrin Dunscom and Thomas Bristol, are in operation near the salt spring, using local clay until better clay found elsewhere ends the business a few years later.
  11. — The Heatons' saw mill and grist mill on Mosquito Creek are both in operation; when the creek ran low the settlers had to go to the Cuyahoga to have grain ground.
  12. — The township's first post office, called Weathersfield, is established in the northeast with Andrew Trew as postmaster (a postal-history list dates a Wethersfield office to 1819); it runs until 1843, when Ambrose Mason becomes the first postmaster at Niles.
  13. — Dan Eaton and Miller Blachly found a temperance society in the Washingtonian movement; Eaton, raising a barn, insists on no whiskey, and when no neighbor will come on those terms he hires the work done.
  14. — A Mormon missionary named McClellan and Samuel Smith, brother of Joseph Smith, hold meetings through the winter at Dan Eaton's house, a known unbeliever's open door, and win some converts who do not follow them away.
  15. — Roger Hill, a Pennsylvania miner, opens the first coal bank at Mineral Ridge on Michael Ohl's farm on Coal Run, just over the line in Austintown Township, finding a four-foot seam.
  16. — John Lewis, a miner from Monmouthshire, recognizes the hard 'blackstone' floor of a Mineral Ridge mine as the blackband iron ore he had known in Britain; Ward & Co. test it and the ore is soon mined along with the coal, though its value was not fully appreciated until 1868.
  17. — The first coal shipped from Mineral Ridge to Cleveland leaves the mines of Rice, French, Cook & Co.
  18. — The Niles & New Lisbon railroad reaches Mineral Ridge, which grows rapidly as the mines develop.
  19. — Mineral Ridge, on the township's south line, is incorporated as a village of about twelve hundred people with Joseph Stuart as its first mayor.
  20. — The census records 8,068 residents in Weathersfield Township, spread across land that also encompasses parts of Niles, McDonald, Hilltop and McKinley Heights.

Stories

The salt spring that drowned a general and fooled a township

Long before Weathersfield Township existed, its salt springs were already known -- marked on a 1755 map, worn into trails by generations of deer coming to lick the mineral-rich ground and the Native hunters who followed them there. General Samuel Holden Parsons of Middletown, Connecticut, saw an opportunity: in 1788 he secured the very first land grant the state of Connecticut ever made on the Western Reserve, roughly 36,000 acres built around the springs, and came out to build salt works. He never got to run them for long -- returning east, he drowned at Beaver Falls, and his works were abandoned, leaving behind only old kettles and heaps of ash that later settlers would find scattered near the spring. Those settlers, drawn to the same spot by 'dimly outlined visions of wealth' from salt-making of their own, soon learned what Parsons apparently hadn't lived to find out: the spring's saline content was far too weak to be profitable. They turned instead to hunting and farming, and the salt spring that had drawn a Connecticut general to his death became, for the township's actual founders, just another feature of the landscape.

Old Dan Eaton, the deist who renamed himself

Dan Eaton was born Daniel Heaton, and went to the trouble of having the Ohio legislature formally change his name -- the 1882 county history does not say why, only that he was, by its own account, 'one of the oddest mortals that ever lived.' A pronounced deist and outspoken unbeliever, he was nevertheless famously hospitable to visiting ministers, called every man 'brother' and every woman 'sister,' and lived what the book calls 'a pure and simple life' into old age, honored and respected despite his unorthodox opinions. He became the Mahoning valley's pioneer iron manufacturer and was twice elected to represent Trumbull County in the state legislature, first as senator in 1813 and again to the popular branch in 1820. A committed 'good hater' of shams and of the whiskey trade in particular, he spent his final years absorbed in his own peculiar schemes for currency reform.

Blackband ore and the miner who knew it

For years the miners at Mineral Ridge worked the good coal and left a hard, bastard cannel 'blackstone' lying on the floor, because a piece Roger Hill carried home in 1835 would not burn. In 1854 John Lewis, a miner from Monmouthshire, was sinking a hole in the floor of his working place to set a prop when he noticed that the blackstone looked like the blackband ironstone he had mined in Britain. He told his employers, Ward & Co., who had him mine and calcine a quantity, and the result proved him right. Every old coal opening was searched and reopened for the ore, though not until 1868 did furnacemen learn to mix calcined blackband with lake ore. The iron it made was prized across the country under the name 'American Scotch'.

No whiskey at the raising

In the early 1830s Dan Eaton, the Mahoning valley's deist iron-maker, joined Miller Blachly to form a Washingtonian temperance society. When he came to build a barn, he told his neighbors that whiskey would have no part in the work. Custom then required a keg at every house raising, and when the timber was ready and he invited the neighbors, none would come on those terms. Eaton held to his resolve and paid hired hands to raise the frame, so the barn went up dry. The 1882 county history thought it probably the first building in the township raised without strong drink. Eaton, an outspoken unbeliever, still kept his house open to every preacher, and in the winter of 1833-34 let a Mormon missionary and Samuel Smith, Joseph Smith's brother, hold meetings at his house.

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

Water

Meander Creek Reservoir + Berlin Reservoir (Mahoning River basin) The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County's boundary: 1 nursing home, 3 fire and EMS stations, 1 power plant, 1 high-hazard dam, 2 public schools, 1 police station, 2 public charging sites, 2 shale and injection wells, 4 Toxics Release Inventory facilities, 1 station or terminal and 9 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Nursing homes (1)

  1. Vista Center at The Ridge2 of 5 stars · Mineral Ridge
    Address
    3379 Main Street, Mineral Ridge, OH 44440
    Certified beds
    155
    Residents on an average day
    147
    Medicare overall rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    2 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    CONTINUING HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (330) 652-9901
    Medicare ID
    365823

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

Fire and EMS stations (3)

  1. Weathersfield Township Fire Department Station 40Niles
    Address
    2229 Gardenland Avenue, Niles, OH 44446
    Coordinates
    41.18276, -80.71687
  2. Weathersfield Township Fire Department Station 41Mineral Ridge
    Address
    3588 Main Street, Mineral Ridge, OH 44440
    Coordinates
    41.14524, -80.76922
  3. Weathersfield Township Fire Department Station 42Niles
    Address
    1382 West Park Avenue, Niles, OH 44446
    Coordinates
    41.18099, -80.79311

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.

Power plants (1)

  1. Niles Power PlantPetroleum · 26 MW
    Capacity
    26 MW
    Main source
    Petroleum
    Technology
    Petroleum Liquids
    Operator
    Niles Power, LLC
    Sector
    IPP Non-CHP
    Where
    Niles, Trumbull County
    Generating units
    1
    Built
    1972
    EIA plant code
    2861

Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (February 2025), with plant codes, units and years from EIA-860 2025.

High-hazard dams (1)

  1. Mineral Ridge Dam PoorMeander Creek · condition: poor
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Poor (assessed 07/08/2021)
    River or stream
    Meander Creek
    Purpose
    Water Supply
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    60 ft
    Storage
    62,000 acre-feet
    Completed
    1932
    Owner type
    Local Government
    County
    Trumbull County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Evansville
    Last inspection
    07/08/2021
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH00337

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, August 2026. "High hazard" rates what a failure would cost downstream, not how likely one is; the condition is the state's assessment.

Public schools (2)

  1. Mineral Ridge High School4.5 of 5 stars · Mineral Ridge
    Address
    1334 Seaborn St, Mineral Ridge, OH 44440
    School district
    Weathersfield Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    423
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    29
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    84.1%
    Four-year graduation rate
    100%
    Ohio building IRN
    025023
    NCES school ID
    390502503889
  2. Seaborn Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Mineral Ridge
    Address
    3800 Niles Carver Rd, Mineral Ridge, OH 44440
    School district
    Weathersfield Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    486
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    29
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    92.6%
    Ohio building IRN
    033928
    NCES school ID
    390502503891

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.

Police stations (1)

  1. Weathersfield Township Police DepartmentMineral Ridge
    Address
    1451 Prospect Street, Mineral Ridge, OH 44440
    Coordinates
    41.14856, -80.76734

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.

Public EV charging (2)

  1. Pilot Travel Center 281 DC fast4 DC fast · Girard
    Address
    2786 Salt Springs Road, Girard, OH 44420
    Ports
    4 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS
    Network
    eVgo Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    877-455-3833
  2. Sheetz 248 DC fast4 DC fast · Girard
    Address
    2721 Salt Springs Road, Girard, OH 44420
    Ports
    4 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS, CHAdeMO
    Network
    Electrify America
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    833-632-2778

Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.

Shale and injection wells (2)

  1. Awms-1 (Swiw #21) 1 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
    What it is
    Injection well (Class II)
    Operator
    Awms Water Solutions Llc
    County
    Trumbull County
    API well number
    34155240760000
    Coordinates
    41.19541, -80.77497
  2. Awms-2 (Swiw #22) 2 InjectionInjection well (Class II) · Well drilled
    What it is
    Injection well (Class II)
    Status (ODNR)
    Well drilled
    Operator
    Awms Water Solutions Llc
    County
    Trumbull County
    API well number
    34155240750000
    Coordinates
    41.19572, -80.77498

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 (4)

  1. International Technical PolymersToxics Release Inventory · Niles
    Address
    907 S Main St, Niles, OH 44446
    County
    Trumbull County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    TRI_OFFSITE_1049
    EPA registry ID
    110070691450
  2. Kurtz BrothersToxics Release Inventory · Niles
    Address
    1816 Niles Warren River Rd, Niles, OH 44446
    County
    Trumbull County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    TRI_OFFSITE_1170
    EPA registry ID
    110070691783
  3. Niles Combustion Turbine (Niles Power, Llc) (0278060023)Toxics Release Inventory · Niles
    Address
    1047 Belmont Avenue, Niles, OH 44446
    County
    Trumbull County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44446FRSTN1047B
    EPA registry ID
    110008581659
  4. U S Defense Natl Stockpile Center Warren DepotToxics Release Inventory · Warren
    Address
    Pine Street Extension, Warren, OH 44482
    County
    Trumbull County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (inactive)
    Federal facility
    Yes
    EPA program ID
    44482SDFNSPINES
    EPA registry ID
    110006882365

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.

Stations and terminals (1)

  1. curbside bus stopIntercity bus stop · Youngstown
    What it is
    Intercity bus stop
    City
    Youngstown
    Coordinates
    41.14063, -80.71746

Source: BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database and National Transit Map (2025). Bus stops are counted on the card and drawn on the full map.

Spills reported since 2021 (9)

  1. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2025-08-28 · Weathersfield Twp
    Reported
    2025-08-28
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    30 gallons
    Where
    Weathersfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2508EPA0001461
  2. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-03-25 · Weathersfield Twp
    Reported
    2025-03-25
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    60 gallons
    Where
    Weathersfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2503EPA0000425
  3. Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2024-07-11 · Weathersfield Twp
    Reported
    2024-07-11
    What spilled
    Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
    Where
    Weathersfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2407EPA0001178
  4. Sewage Sludge / Biosolids2024-04-07 · Weathersfield Twp
    Reported
    2024-04-07
    What spilled
    Sewage Sludge / Biosolids
    Where
    Weathersfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2404EPA0000550
  5. Material Unknown2023-12-10 · Weathersfield Twp
    Reported
    2023-12-10
    What spilled
    Material Unknown
    Where
    Weathersfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2312EPA0002037
  6. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2021-11-20 · Weathersfield Twp
    Reported
    2021-11-20
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    10 gallons
    Where
    Weathersfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2111EPA0001760
  7. Material Unknown Reached water2021-07-09 · Weathersfield Twp
    Reported
    2021-07-09
    What spilled
    Material Unknown
    Largest amount reported
    500 gallons
    Reached a waterway
    78 - Meander Creek
    Where
    Weathersfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2107EPA0001022
  8. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-09-02 · Weathersfield Twp
    Reported
    2026-09-02
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    100 gallons
    Where
    Weathersfield Twp, Mahoning County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2609EPA0001635
  9. Material Black2026-08-20 · Weathersfield Twp
    Reported
    2026-08-20
    What spilled
    Material Black
    Where
    Weathersfield Twp, Trumbull County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2608EPA0001558

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 Weathersfield 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 Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.

Who holds office

OfficeNamePartyTerm endsContact
TrusteeRICHARD T. HARKINS12/31/2027 2162 SQUIRREL RUN CT, MINERAL RIDGE, OH 44440
TrusteeSTEVEN J. GERBERRY12/31/2029 2155 SQUIRREL RUN CT, MINERAL RIDGE, OH 44440
TrusteeEDWARD WHITTAKER12/31/2029 3837 SABLE CREEK DR, MINERAL RIDGE, OH 44440
Fiscal officerPATRICK GLUNT3/31/2028 3855 MEANDER DR, MINERAL RIDGE, OH 44440

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

Money issues on the ballot since 2023: 1 of 1 passed; of those asking for new or higher taxes, 1 of 1.

Ballot issues

DateIssueForAgainstResult
2023-05-02 Issue: Weathersfield Twp Fire Police & EMS Additional 3.95 mills cpt (3.95 mills, additional) 481290Passed (62.39% for)

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2025-11-04 Township Trustees Steven J. Gerberry 532, 51.65%; Edward Whittaker 498, 48.35%
2023-11-07 Township Trustee Richard T. Harkins 1,680, 100.0%
2023-11-07 Township Fiscal Officer Fred R. Bobovnyk 1,005, 48.18%; Patrick Glunt 1,081, 51.82%
2021-11-02 Township Trustees Steven J. Gerberry 732, 35.38%; Marvin McBride 565, 27.31%; Edward Whittaker 772, 37.31%
2019-11-06 Twp Trustee Richard T. Harkins 940, 100.0%
2019-11-06 Twp Fiscal Officer Fred Bobovnyk 964, 100.0%
2017-11-07 Trustee Gerberry, Steven J. 1,164, 55.91%; McBride, Marvin J. 918, 44.09%
2015-11-03 Twp Gas Aggregation YES 1,527, 66.94%; NO 754, 33.06%
2015-11-03 Twp Electric Aggregation YES 1,533, 66.88%; NO 759, 33.12%
2015-11-03 Trustee Blair, H. Gilson 1,749, 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 Weathersfield Township, Ohio in?

Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County is a township in Trumbull County, Ohio, with 8,068 residents.

When was Weathersfield Township, Ohio founded?

Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County was settled 1801 (Reuben Harmon, first documented settler, per the county tax list; he had purchased land in 1797 and returned with his family in 1800); incorporated 1809. Founders on record: Reuben Harmon, likely first settler. Source

How did Weathersfield Township, Ohio get its name?

The township is named after Wethersfield, Connecticut, one of Connecticut's oldest towns; the spelling was altered to 'Weathersfield' for the Ohio township, and it is the only township carrying this name anywhere in Ohio. Source

What ZIP code is Weathersfield Township, Ohio?

Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County is served by ZIP codes 44440, 44437, 44446, 44420 and 44481; 44440 holds the largest share of its residents.

Where does Weathersfield Township, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County (Trumbull Co. - Mineral Ridge): Meander Creek Reservoir + Berlin Reservoir (Mahoning River basin).

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