| Official Name: | Negley, Ohio |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Columbiana |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Middleton |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.32 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.32 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.90 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.90 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 274 |
| Population Density Km2: | 118.01 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 305.80 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 856 |
| Coordinates: | 40.7928°N -80.5358°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 44441 |
| Area Code: | 330, 234 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-53802 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2628937 |
| Blank2 Name: | School District |
| Blank2 Info: | East Palestine City School District |
Negley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Middleton Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The population was 274 at the 2020 census.[2] Historically a mining community, it lies at the confluence of Bull Creek and the North Fork of the Little Beaver Creek at the state border with Pennsylvania. State Routes 154 and 170 as well as the Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad pass through the community.
Negley was the site of a Native American community before European colonization, located on a section of the Great Trail that “crossed the pancake” on the way between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Coshocton, Ohio.
Negley derives its name from Civil War Major General James S. Negley, who hailed from Pittsburgh. After the end of the Civil War, Negley returned to Pittsburgh and served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania in the late 19th century. After retiring from politics, he entered the railroad business and became president of the New York, Pittsburgh & Chicago Railway, which in 1883 platted Negley as the first new town along its line, named in his honor.[3]
Negley grew into a small mining community based on a nearby coal mine operated by the Powers Mining Company.[4] The community formerly had an honor roll for residents who were veterans of World War II on the east side, but it was removed in the 1960s due to deterioration.[3] A Negley post office has been in operation since 1883, which serves eastern Middleton Township and Lake Tomahawk. It bears the ZIP code of 44441.
Negley was formerly home to the only Youngstown and Southern Railway shop.[5]
Negley is located in eastern Columbiana County in eastern Middleton Township, which it completely surrounded by. The CDP lies along of the North Fork of the Little Beaver Creek and Bull Creek at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The CDP is south of East Palestine, north of East Liverpool, and west of central Chippewa Township, Pennsylvania.
The following highways pass through Negley:
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Negley CDP has a total area of 0.89sqmi, all land.[2]
PennOhio Waste operates a construction and demolition debris landfill in Negley.[6]
Children in Negley are served by the East Palestine City School District. Negley once had a traditional schoolhouse of its own, and later an elementary school. The current schools serving Negley are: