Yellow Creek Township, Columbiana County, Ohio

Coordinates: 40°37′8″N 80°41′46″W / 40.61889°N 80.69611°W

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Yellow Creek Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
Township
The Daniel McBean Farmhouse, built 1846
Location of Yellow Creek Township in Columbiana County
Coordinates: 40°37′8″N 80°41′46″W / 40.61889°N 80.69611°W / 40.61889; -80.69611
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Columbiana
Area
• Total	19.8 sq mi (51.2 km²)
• Land	19.7 sq mi (51.1 km²)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km²)
Elevation ^[1]	856 ft (261 m)
Population (2020)^[2]
• Total	1,973
• Density	100/sq mi (39/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-86912^[3]
GNIS feature ID	1085908^[1]

Yellow Creek Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 1,973.

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:

Madison Township - north
Liverpool Township - northeast
Hancock County, West Virginia - southeast, across the Ohio River
Saline Township, Jefferson County - south
Brush Creek Township, Jefferson County - southwest
Washington Township - west

It is the most southerly township in Columbiana County.

One village is located in Yellow Creek Township:

The village of Wellsville, in the southeast

Name and history

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1980	2,458	—
1990	2,208	−10.2%
2000	2,185	−1.0%
2010	2,140	−2.1%
2020	1,973	−7.8%

The township was organized in 1806.^[4] It is the only Yellow Creek Township in Ohio.^[5]

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,^[6] 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.

Township trustees

Noah C. Allison, chairman^[7]
Mark Allison, vice chairman^[7]
Kenny Biacco^[7]

Fiscal officer

Deborah A. Lyle^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Yellow Creek township, Columbiana County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Cranmer, Gibson Lamb (1891). History of the upper Ohio Valley. Vol. 2. Madison, Wisconsin: Brant & Fuller. p. 22 – via Google Books.
^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
^ Ohio Revised Code, §503.24, §505.01 and §507.01. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2020 General Election Results for Columbiana County" (PDF). Retrieved February 19, 2021.

External links

County website

v t e Municipalities and communities of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Lisbon
Cities	Columbiana‡ East Liverpool Salem‡	Map of Ohio highlighting Columbiana County
Villages	East Palestine Hanoverton Leetonia Lisbon Minerva‡ New Waterford Rogers Salineville Summitville Washingtonville‡ Wellsville
Townships	Butler Center Elkrun Fairfield Franklin Hanover Knox Liverpool Madison Middleton Perry Salem St. Clair Unity Washington Wayne West Yellow Creek
CDPs	Calcutta Damascus‡ East Rochester Glenmoor Guilford Lake Homeworth La Croft Lake Tomahawk Negley Salem Heights
Unincorporated communities	Achor Bayard Cannons Mill Chambersburg Clarkson Dungannon East Carmel East Fairfield Elkton Franklin Square Fredericktown Gavers Glasgow Highlandtown Kensington Lynchburg Middleton Mill Rock Millport Moultrie New Alexander New Garden New Middleton New Salisbury North Georgetown Reading Signal Teegarden Unionville Unity Valley West Point Williamsport Winona
Ghost town	Lucerne
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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