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	{{short description\|~~Civil township~~ in ~~Portage County,~~ Ohio, ~~United States~~}}		{{short description\|Township in Ohio, US}}
			{{Use American English\|date=November 2025}}
	{{Redirect\|Brimfield, Ohio\|the census-designated place called Brimfield\|Brimfield (CDP), Ohio}}		{{Redirect\|Brimfield, Ohio\|the census-designated place called Brimfield\|Brimfield (CDP), Ohio}}
	{{Use mdy dates\|date=July 2023}}		{{Use mdy dates\|date=July 2023}}
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	\| image_flag = Flag of Brimfield Township, Ohio.png		\| image_flag = Flag of Brimfield Township, Ohio.png
	\| image_seal = <!-- Maps -->		\| image_seal = <!-- Maps -->
	\| ~~image_map = {{maplink\|display=inline\|type=shape\|id=\|frame=yes\|plain~~=yes~~\|frame-align=center~~		\| mapframe = yes
	~~\| type1=shape\|id1=Q528497\|title1=Brimfield Township\|stroke-color1=#000000 \|stroke-width1=1.0\|fill1= \|fill-opacity1=0.4~~		\| mapframe-point = none
	\| ~~type3=line\|id3=Q2798238\|title3=Brimfield CDP\|stroke~~-~~color3=#000000 \|stroke-width3=0.5}}~~
	~~\| map_caption~~ = ~~Interactive map of Brimfield Township with the Brimfield CDP outlined in center~~
	\| pushpin_map = Ohio#USA		\| pushpin_map = Ohio#USA
	\| pushpin_relief = yes		\| pushpin_relief = yes

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	\| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]s		\| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]s
	\| postal_code = 44240, 44260, 44278, 44266		\| postal_code = 44240, 44260, 44278, 44266
	\| ~~area_code~~ = [[Area codes 234 and 330\|330, 234]]		\| area_codes = [[Area codes 234 and 330\|330, 234]]
	\| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard\|FIPS code]]		\| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard\|FIPS code]]
	\| blank_info = 39-08840<ref name="GR2">{{cite web \|url=https://www.census.gov \|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] \|access-date=2008-01-31 \|title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>		\| blank_info = 39-08840<ref name="GR2">{{cite web \|url=https://www.census.gov \|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] \|access-date=2008-01-31 \|title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>

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{{short description|Civil township in Portage County, Ohio, United States}}
{{Redirect|Brimfield, Ohio|the census-designated place called Brimfield|Brimfield (CDP), Ohio}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Brimfield Township
| settlement_type = [[Civil township]]
| motto = Pathway to Portage County

| image_skyline = Brimfield fire station.jpg
| imagesize = 275
| image_caption =
| image_flag = Flag of Brimfield Township, Ohio.png
| image_seal = 
| image_map = {{maplink|display=inline|type=shape|id=|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center
| type1=shape|id1=Q528497|title1=Brimfield Township|stroke-color1=#000000 |stroke-width1=1.0|fill1= |fill-opacity1=0.4
| type3=line|id3=Q2798238|title3=Brimfield CDP|stroke-color3=#000000 |stroke-width3=0.5}}
| map_caption = Interactive map of Brimfield Township with the Brimfield CDP outlined in center
| pushpin_map = Ohio#USA
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_label = Brimfield Township
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Ohio]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Ohio|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Portage County, Ohio|Portage]]

| government_footnotes =
| government_type = [[Civil township]]
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| established_title = Settled
| established_date = 1816
| established_title2 = Established
| established_date2 = 1818
| named_for = [[Brimfield, Massachusetts]]

| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_footnotes =
| area_magnitude =
| area_total_km2 = 55.3
| area_land_km2 = 53.2
| area_water_km2 = 2.1
| area_total_sq_mi = 21.4
| area_land_sq_mi = 20.5
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.8

| population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 11352
| population_density_sq_mi = 531.9

| timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset = -5
| timezone_DST = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = -4
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>
| elevation_m = 350
| elevation_ft = 1148
| coordinates = {{coord|41|6|23|N|81|20|46|W|region:US-OH|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code = 44240, 44260, 44278, 44266
| area_code = [[Area codes 234 and 330|330, 234]]
| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info = 39-08840<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info = 1086823<ref name="GR3" />
| website = {{URL|brimfieldohio.gov}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Brimfield Township''' is one of the eighteen [[civil township|townships]] in [[Portage County, Ohio|Portage County]], [[Ohio]], United States. The [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] found 11,352 people in the township.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US3913308840 |title= Brimfield township, Portage County, Ohio – Profile of General Demographic Characteristics |year= 2020 |work= Data.Census.gov |publisher= U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=May 2, 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:
*[[Franklin Township, Portage County, Ohio|Franklin Township]] - north
*[[Kent, Ohio|Kent]] - north
*[[Ravenna Township, Portage County, Ohio|Ravenna Township]] - northeast corner
*[[Rootstown Township, Portage County, Ohio|Rootstown Township]] - east
*[[Randolph Township, Portage County, Ohio|Randolph Township]] - southeast corner
*[[Suffield Township, Portage County, Ohio|Suffield Township]] - south
*[[Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio|Springfield Township, Summit County]] - southwest corner
*[[Tallmadge, Ohio|Tallmadge]] - west
*[[Stow, Ohio|Stow]] - northwest corner

The [[census-designated place]] of [[Brimfield (CDP), Ohio|Brimfield]] is located in the center of the township.

In addition, parts of two neighboring cities cover land that was once part of the township:
*Part of the city of [[Kent, Ohio|Kent]], in the north
*Part of the city of Tallmadge, in the west

Brimfield Township covers a total area of {{convert|21.4|mi2}} of which {{convert|20.5|mi2}} is land.

==Name and history==
{{stack|[[File:Portage County 1826.jpg|300px|thumb|right|1826 map of Portage County with Brimfield labeled by its former name "Thorndike."]]}}
The township is named after the [[New England town|town]] of [[Brimfield, Massachusetts]], and is the only Brimfield Township in Ohio. It was formed from [[survey township]] Town 2, Range 9 of the [[Connecticut Western Reserve]]. The original proprietors were Israel Thorndike of [[Boston]] and John Wyles of [[Hartford, Connecticut]], both of whom came to the area in 1816 to view their land and divide it. While neither settled in Brimfield, Thorndike sent his nephew Henry Thorndike to act as his agent and settle in the township. Brimfield was known by a succession of different names during the first few years, mostly in reference the swampy land within its borders. It was first known as "Swamptown", followed by "Beartown", "Greenbriar", and "Wylestown", before town leaders agreed to name it "Thorndike" at the establishment of the township government in 1818 after Thorndike had agreed to donate land for a town square. Thorndike never followed through on his agreement, so residents petitioned to have the name changed to "Brimfield" in honor of John Wyles, Jr., who had inherited his father's land interests and at the time resided in Brimfield, Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite book |title= History of Portage County Ohio|last= Brown|first= R.C |author2=Norris, J.E.|orig-year= 1885|year= 1972|publisher= Warner, Beers, and Company|location= [[Chicago, Illinois]]|pages= 405–406}}</ref> A post office called Brimfield was established in 1834 and remained in operation until 1907.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Portage | title=Portage County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref>

==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,<ref>[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.</ref> 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.

==Notable people==
*[[Jani Lane]], singer and songwriter, grew up in Brimfield<ref>{{cite news |title=Brimfield rescinds OK for Jani Lane statue on township property |url=https://www.record-courier.com/story/news/2015/07/18/brimfield-rescinds-ok-for-jani/19937316007/ |newspaper= |date=July 18, 2015 |author=Maile, Kelly |access-date=September 22, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Janis Mars Wunderlich]], ceramic artist, grew up in Brimfield

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://brimfieldohio.gov/}}

{{Portage County, Ohio}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Townships in Portage County, Ohio]]
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Brimfield Township, Ohio - Revision history

imported>Zackmann08: fixing infobox to use built-in mapframe & removing duplicate maps where applicable. (Wikipedia:Mapframe maps in infoboxes)

imported>OpalYosutebito: /* top */ cleaning up :Category:Pages using infobox settlement with possible area code list

imported>Electricmemory: /* top */ clean up, replaced: 2020 United States Census → 2020 United States census (2)