Negley, Ohio

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.

History

The community is named for James S. Negley, a Union Army major general. After the Civil War, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives before entering the railroad industry as president of the New York, Pittsburgh & Chicago Railway. It platted Negley in 1883 as the first new town along the line, naming it in his honor. The Negley post office was established that year, and the town grew into a small mining community based on a nearby coal mine operated by the Powers Mining Company.

Negley is located in eastern Middleton Township, near the Ohio state border with Pennsylvania. It is located on both the North Fork of the Little Beaver Creek and Bull Creek at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Negley CDP has a total area of, all land.

PennOhio Waste operates a construction and demolition debris landfill in Negley.

Children in Negley are served by the East Palestine [City School District], which includes one elementary school, one middle school, and East Palestine High School. Negley once had a traditional schoolhouse of its own, and later an elementary school.

runs north–south through Negley, and State Route 154 runs east–west through the community as Richardson Avenue. The short-line Youngstown and Southeastern Railroad passes through the community. Negley was formerly home to the only Youngstown and Southern Railway shop.