LORDSTOWN

LORDSTOWN
Early settlement
Important facts, figures and dates in the early days of what was once Lordstown Township:
The area was the smallest township in Trumbull County, measuring 14,492 acres.
The original proprietor of the township, and the man for whom it is named, was Samuel P. Lord of Lyme, Conn.
The first settler in the township was Henry Thorn, who came from Virginia in 1822. Thorn also built the first log cabin in Lordstown Township.
The first post office opened in the township in 1835, with William Packard serving as postmaster.
The first elections in the township were conducted on June 21, 1827. Peleg Lewis, Samuel Crum and Thomas Pew were elected as the township's first board of trustees.
Bailey's Corners -- a three-point intersection where Ellsworth-Bailey, Newton Falls-Bailey and Palmyra roads all meet -- was first settled by Isaac Bailey in 1829.
Source: History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Vol. II