A suburb consisting of unincorporated urban portions of Howland Township, it is part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area.

In 1620, John Howland landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts aboard the Mayflower.

A descendant of his, Joseph Howland, purchased the township from the Connecticut Land Company in 1795.

The township was sparsely populated until 1953, when the Clifton-Hyde housing development was built.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10.5 km2), all land.

19.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.