Mahoning County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 228,614. Its county seat and largest city is Youngstown. The county is named for a Lenape word meaning "at the licks" or "there is a lick", referring to the salt licks in the area. Mahoning County was formed on March 1, 1846; the 83rd county in Ohio. Until 1846, the area that is now Mahoning County was part of Trumbull and Columbiana counties, when the counties in the area were redefined and Mahoning County emerged as a new county.
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. The county name is derived from the explorer of the Americas, Christopher Columbus.
Lisbon is a village in Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,821 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Columbiana County. Lisbon is located in the Salem, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the southern part of the greater Mahoning Valley.
Columbiana is a city in Columbiana and Mahoning counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 6,559 at the 2020 census. The larger portion of the city, located in Columbiana County, is part of the Salem, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area, while the smaller Mahoning County portion is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Both the Norfolk Southern Railway and the Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad pass through the city.
The Mahoning River is a river located in northeastern Ohio and a small portion of western Pennsylvania. Flowing primarily through several Ohio counties, it then crosses the state line into Pennsylvania before joining with the Shenango River to form the Beaver River. The Mahoning River drops from 1,296 feet (395 m) at the headwaters near Winona to 761 feet (232 m) at the outfall near Mahoningtown. It is part of the Ohio River watershed.
Beaver Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 6,711 people in the township.
Jonas Hartzell McGowan was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Goshen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census recorded 3,243 people in the township.
Smith Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 4,510 people in the township.
Springfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 6,703 people in the township.
Perry Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census reported 16,850 people living in the township, 4,551 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Fairfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census reported 9,890 people living in the township, 4,101 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Green Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 3,532 people in the township.
Appalachian Ohio is a bioregion and political unit in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, characterized by the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and the Appalachian Plateau. The Appalachian Regional Commission defines the region as consisting of thirty-two counties. This region roughly overlaps with the Appalachian mixed-mesophytic forests, which begin in southeast Ohio and southwest Pennsylvania and continue to north Georgia and Alabama. The mixed-mesophytic forest is found only in Central and Southern Appalachia and eastern/central China. It is one of the most biodiverse temperate forests in the world.
North Benton is an unincorporated community in northern Smith Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44449. It lies along State Route 14 between Salem and Ravenna.
Damascus is a census-designated place (CDP) in southwestern Goshen Township in Mahoning County and northwestern Butler Township in Columbiana County in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 443. Damascus has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44619. The Mahoning County portion of Damascus is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Columbiana County portion is part of the Salem, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbiana County, Ohio.
Eastern Gateway Community College is a public community college with its main campus in Steubenville, Ohio, and a second campus in Youngstown.
Ohio's 32nd senatorial district has historically been based in the Mahoning Valley. Currently it consists of the counties of Ashtabula and Trumbull as well as portions of Geauga county. It encompasses Ohio House districts 63, 64 and 99. It has a Cook PVI of D+12. Its current Ohio Senator is Republican Sandra O'Brien.
Michael Rulli is an American politician serving as Ohio State Senator from the 33rd District. Rulli defeated incumbent Democrat Jon Boccieri. Prior to that election contest, Rulli's only other political experience was as a Board of Education member for the Village of Leetonia in Columbiana County.