Cross Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 8,761 people in the township, 5,643 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

• Island Creek Township
  Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Island Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 12,078 people in the township, 7,513 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Steubenville
  Steubenville, Ohio
  Steubenville is a city located along the Ohio River in Jefferson County, Ohio on the Ohio-West Virginia border in the United States. It is the political county seat of Jefferson County. It is also a principal city of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - northeast
• Steubenville Township
  Steubenville Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Steubenville Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,695 people in the township, 1,064 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Wells Township
  Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Wells Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,130 people in the township, 3,128 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,233 people in the township, 2,012 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Salem Township
  Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,162 people in the township, 2,691 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Northeastern Cross Creek Township is occupied by parts of the city of Steubenville

Steubenville, Ohio

Steubenville is a city located along the Ohio River in Jefferson County, Ohio on the Ohio-West Virginia border in the United States. It is the political county seat of Jefferson County. It is also a principal city of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Jefferson County. Villages in the township include part of New Alexandria

New Alexandria, Ohio

New Alexandria is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 222 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area....

 in the south and part of Wintersville

Wintersville, Ohio

Wintersville is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 4,067. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area....

in the north.

Government

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. 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, 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.