Yellow Creek Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Columbiana County

Columbiana County, Ohio

Columbiana County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 107,841. It is named for Christopher Columbus and the county seat is Lisbon....

, Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,185 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county along the Ohio River

Ohio River

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, it borders the following townships:

• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,406 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Liverpool Township
  Liverpool Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Liverpool Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,374 people in the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Hancock County
  Hancock County, West Virginia
  As of the census of 2000, there were 32,667 people, 13,678 households, and 9,506 families residing in the county. The population density was 394 people per square mile . There were 14,728 housing units at an average density of 178 per square mile...
  
  , West Virginia
  West Virginia
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   - southeast, across the Ohio River
• Saline Township, Jefferson County
  Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Saline Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,454 people in the township, 1,011 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Brush Creek Township, Jefferson County
  Brush Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Brush Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 467 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,380 people in the township, 983 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

It is the most southerly township in Columbiana County.

The village of Wellsville

Wellsville, Ohio

Wellsville is a village in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 4,133 at the 2000 census.-History:...

occupies part of southeastern Yellow Creek Township along the Ohio River.

Name and history

It is the only Yellow Creek Township statewide.
The township was organized in 1806.

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, 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.