Yellow Creek, Ohio

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Yellow Creek, Ohio
Unincorporated community
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Yellow Creek, Ohio
Location of Yellow Creek, Ohio
Coordinates: 40°34′28″N80°40′03″W / 40.57444°N 80.66750°W / 40.57444; -80.66750
Country United States
State Ohio
Counties Jefferson
Elevation
[1]
679 ft (207 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
43968
Area code 740
GNIS feature ID1061806 [1]

Yellow Creek (previously also known as Linton) is an unincorporated community in Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It is located northwest of Hammondsville at the intersection of Ohio State Route 7 and Ohio State Route 213 where the Yellow Creek empties into the Ohio River, at 40°34′28″N80°40′03″W / 40.57444°N 80.66750°W / 40.57444; -80.66750 . [1] [2]

The Linton Post Office was established as Mouth of Yellow Creek Post Office (in Columbiana County) on May 12, 1832, and the name changed to Linton Post Office on March 30, 1855. The branch was discontinued on September 30, 1901. [3]

A famous fossil deposit ("the Linton site") is located at Yellow Creek. It is within the Allegheny Group of Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)- age sedimentary rocks. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yellow Creek, Ohio
  2. ↑ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '06. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2006, 78.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Linton Post Office (historical)
  4. ↑ Hook, Robert W.; Baird, Donald (1988). "An Overview of the Upper Carboniferous Fossil Deposit at Linton, Ohio" (PDF). Ohio Journal of Science. 88 (1): 55–60.
  5. ↑ Babcock, L. E. (2024). "Some vertebrate types (Chondrichthyes, Actinopterygii, Sarcopterygii, and Tetrapoda) from two Paleozoic Lagerstätten of Ohio, U.S.A." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 44: 1–12. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2024.2308621 .


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