Yellow Creek Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.

Located in the southeastern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships: It is the most southerly township in Columbiana County.

[4] It is the only Yellow Creek Township in Ohio.

[5] 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.

There is also an elected township fiscal officer,[6] 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.