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Salineville, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43945. It stands on Roses Run. The Survey maps it on the Salineville quadrangle. 1,206 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 899 feet above sea level.

Salineville within Columbiana County

Population over time

2 figures

Salineville fell from 1,311 to 1,206 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,311
20201,206-105 (-8%)

Then and now

1905 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Salineville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Salineville, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

10,002 words on this township

History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Washington Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Salineville. - Dr. William Farmer was the son of John Farmer, of salt-works fame, and began the practice of his profession in Salineville in 1832. He was a leading physician in the county among those of the " old school." He died in or near the year 1857.

Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.

The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railway passes through the township diagonally from the southeast to the northwest, and has at Salineville a station, where all trains halt. A short track, of about two miles in length, owned by the Salineville Railroad Company, extends west from Salineville to the Carroll County line, and is used exclusively for the transportation of coal from the mines along its line. Big Yellow Creek, receiving at Salineville the waters of two of its forks, flows southeast through the township, along the line of the railway. Once a water-course of some power, it has dwindled, within the township limits, to an insignificant stream.

Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.

John Farmer, a member of the Society of Friends, and an early settler in Hanover township, moved into Washington about 1814, and took up at Salineville the salt interests previously owned by the Bursons. Mr. Farmer became one of the most prominent men in Washington township, as did after him his son James, now one of Cleveland's capitalists, and largely interested in coal-mining at Salineville as well as in railway and mining interests elsewhere. James Farmer built at Salineville, in 1838, the first gristmill of any consequence in Washington. The mill is now owned by J. G. Lacock & Co.

Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Washington Township - it names this place 60 more 60 times.

Fires near this place

15 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Salineville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8745
12 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15281
23 April 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2018Arson/incendiarism20 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13886
11 April 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 March 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15473
8 March 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources7426

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbiana County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 248 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 248 specimens collected within 10 miles of Salineville between 1889 and 1970: 180 Animalia, 63 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Mac Gillivroy, Albert Peyron, Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.) and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Mesolobus mesolobus (Norwood & Pratten, 1855)Mesolobus mesolobus (Norwood & Pratten, 1855) (fossil)1962K. D. Fosnaught, Jim L. MurphyE side Rt 164, S of Little Beaver Creek at Lisbon, Center Township
A photograph of the species Polistes annularis, not of this specimenPolistes annularis (Linnaeus, 1763)1889A. D. Mac GillivroySalineville
A photograph of the species Polistes fuscatus, not of this specimenPolistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793)1889not recordedSalineville
Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson, 1840)1891not recorded
Bombus ashtoni (Cresson, 1864)1892unknownSalineville
A photograph of the species Bombus pensylvanicus, not of this specimenBombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)1892not recordedSalineville
Megachile mendica Cresson, 18781892unknownSalineville
A photograph of the species Palaemonetes kadiakensis, not of this specimenPalaemonetes kadiakensis M.J.Rathbun, 19021921not recordedBrush Creek
Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 18691925Pallister, J. C. (John C.)Madison Twp., Columbiana Co., OH
A photograph of the species Notropis rubellus, not of this specimenNotropis rubellus (Agassiz, 1850)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Little Yellow Creek, above Wellsville, near Wellsville, Yellow Creek township
A photograph of the species Rhinichthys atratulus, not of this specimenRhinichthys atratulus meleagris Agassiz, 18541929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Little Yellow Creek, above Wellsville, near Wellsville, Yellow Creek township
Agrocybe semiorbicularis (Bull.) Fayod1940M. B. Knauz5 mi. NW of Irondale

All 248 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Salineville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Summitville Tiles Inc Shale PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Columbiana County

Storms near this place

19 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salineville in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2012Thunderstorm WindSalineville$40,000Law enforcement reported a tree and power lines down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSalineville$20,000Numerous trees and power lines down from Lisbon to Salineville. 9000 customers lost power throughout Columbiana Co during day-long severe weather.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindSalineville$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees onto a house and a mobile home.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSalineville$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindSalineville$5,000The 911 call center reported trees down.
June 2018Flash FloodSalineville$2,000The local Fire Department reported that the North Fork Yellow Creek has overflowed its banks and flooded SR 39, SR 164, Church Street, Cleveland Ave, and East Washington Street. A few streets in downtown Salineville have also had flooded roadways.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindSalineville$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSalineville$2,000Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSalineville-Downed trees and power lines were reported in the area of Salineville.
June 2019Flash FloodSalineville-Water was crossing over several roads in the vicinity of Salineville, as stated by local law enforcement.
June 2018Flash FloodSalineville-Roadway flooding was reported in Salineville.
July 2013HailSalineville-The public reported hail larger than a quarter.
April 2015HailSalineville-no account filed
April 2011HailSalineville-no account filed
March 2011HailSalineville-no account filed
June 2010HailSalineville-no account filed
June 2010HailSalineville-no account filed
July 2009HailSalineville-no account filed
April 2001HailSalineville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbiana County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Diamond Valley1.0 miles13
East Salineville (historical)1.1 miles13
Haysville (historical)1.7 miles13
Highlandtown4.4 miles13
Summitville4.6 miles14
Five Forks4.7 miles14
New Salisbury5.8 miles22
Millport5.9 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on SalinevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2198674The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065281. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.