Yellow Creek Township is one of the eighteen
townships
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of
Columbiana County, Ohio
Columbiana County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 101,877. The county seat is Lisbon and its largest city is Salem. The county name is derived from the explorer of the Americas, Christo ...
, United States. At the
2020 census the population was 1,973.
Geography
Located in the southeastern part of the county along the
Ohio River
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, it borders the following townships:
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Madison Township - north
*
Liverpool Township - northeast
*
Hancock County,
West Virginia
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- 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
The township was organized in 1806.
It is the only Yellow Creek Township in Ohio.
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,
Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments of the G ...
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
Retrieved April 30, 2009. 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
*Mark Allison, vice chairman
*Kenny Biacco
Fiscal officer
*Deborah A. Lyle
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Columbiana County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
1806 establishments in Ohio