Cross Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census recorded 7,870 people in the township.
Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio | |
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 Historic schoolhouse in Cross Creek Township | |
 Location of Cross Creek Township in Jefferson County | |
| Coordinates: 40°20′53″N 80°41′59″W / 40.34806°N 80.69972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Jefferson |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.6 sq mi (84.4 km2) |
| • Land | 32.6 sq mi (84.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,145 ft (349 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 7,870 |
| • Density | 240/sq mi (93/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 39-19484[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1086377[1] |
Geography
editLocated in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
- Island Creek Township - north
- Salem Township - northwest corner
- Steubenville - northeast
- Steubenville Township - east
- Wayne Township - west
- Wells Township - south
Northeastern Cross Creek Township is occupied by parts of the city of Steubenville, the county seat of Jefferson County. Villages in the township include part of New Alexandria in the south and part of Wintersville in the north.
Name and history
editCross Creek Township was founded in 1806.[4]
It is the only Cross Creek Township statewide.[5]
Cross Creek Township is named after the Cross Creek Watershed, which flows through western Washington County to the Ohio River in West Virginia.[6]
Government
editThe 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,[7] 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.
References
edit- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Cross Creek township, Jefferson County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Doyle, Joseph Beatty (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. pp. 467.
- ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
- ^ "Cross Creek Township". www.crosscreektwp.org. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed April 30, 2009.