Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Springfield Township is one of the nine townships of Summit County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 15,168 people in the township. It is one of eleven Springfield Townships statewide. It was part of the Connecticut Western Reserve. 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.