Yellow Springs
Village · Greene County · 3,720 residents · 1.5% municipal income tax
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History from Yellow Springs
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How Yellow Springs began
Yellow Springs grew up around a mineral spring in what is now Glen Helen, whose iron-stained water drew Shawnee travelers on the Bullskin Trace and, from the 1820s, white visitors seeking a cure at a resort spa. The permanent village dates to the 1820s-40s, when William Mills and about 100 families of Robert Owen's followers founded the village near the spring and the 1846 Little Miami Railroad brought trade; it incorporated in 1856. In 1852 the village became the home of Antioch College, chartered as one of the first nonsectarian, coeducational colleges in the country, and the town's identity has been bound to the college ever since - from Horace Mann's presidency through the Arthur Morgan work-study era to the countercultural and civil-rights activism of the 1960s-70s and the college's 2008 closure and 2011 reopening as an independent institution. Yellow Springs today is known as a small, arts-oriented, politically progressive village built around that history.
Settled 1804 (spring); permanent village mid-1820s-1840s, platted 1825 (William Mills), incorporated 1856, by William Mills and about 100 families of Robert Owen's followers; the Little Miami Railroad (1846) is credited with turning the settlement into a town.
Where the name comes from
The village is named for the Yellow Spring, a mineral spring (now in Glen Helen Nature Preserve) whose water is heavy in iron and leaves yellow-orange mineral deposits on the streambed as it flows, historically about 110 gallons per minute at a constant 52 F. Ohio's Shawnee called it the 'Golden Waters' and the Bullskin Trace, a Shawnee travel route between the Ohio River and Detroit, passed by it; early white settlers built a tavern and later a water-cure spa there advertising its supposed medicinal properties.
Before the town
The Yellow Spring itself was known to the Shawnee before white settlement; the Bullskin Trace, a Shawnee travel corridor between the Ohio River and Detroit, ran past it, and secondary accounts describe the Shawnee, including Tecumseh, valuing its water. This site-specific detail comes from a secondary blog source and is plausible but not confirmed by a primary or scholarly source; no NRHP nomination or Ohio History Central entry specific to Yellow Springs village was found repeating it. The larger regional Native story belongs to the Shawnee town of Old Chillicothe (Oldtown), a few miles away in Xenia Township: Shawnee occupation of the area, the 1779 Bowman raid, and the eventual removal era. No mounds, earthworks, treaty lines, or other Native sites specific to the village of Yellow Springs itself were found in the sources consulted.
Nations recorded here: Shawnee.
Timeline
- — The Yellow Spring area begins drawing note as a mineral spring in Greene County, per Wikipedia's account of the village's naming and early notice.
- — William Mills and roughly 100 followers of reformer Robert Owen settle at Yellow Springs intending a utopian community modeled on Owen's New Harmony, Indiana, per Wikipedia; the venture did not become the lasting community, and the springs themselves drew a separate, longer-lived resort trade.
- — The Little Miami Railroad reaches the springs and a store is built, turning a settlement of a church and a few houses into a growing town as visitors travel in for the water cure.
- — Antioch College is chartered at Yellow Springs by the Christian Connection denomination as a nonsectarian, coeducational college.
- — Horace Mann, the Massachusetts education reformer known as the 'father of the common school,' becomes Antioch College's first president; he serves until his death in 1859.
- — Yellow Springs incorporates as a village.
- — Horace Mann delivers his final commencement address at Antioch, telling graduates 'Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity' - the line later adopted as the college's motto; he dies later that year.
- — Arthur E. Morgan becomes Antioch College president and, over the following years, builds the 'Antioch Plan': students alternate roughly eight-week periods of study and paid work; by 1935 about 80 percent of students follow it.
- — Antioch College comes under public scrutiny during the Red Scare over alleged Communist sympathies among its faculty and students.
- — Rod Serling, an Antioch alumnus (class of 1950) who by then had created The Twilight Zone, returns to Antioch College to teach courses including 'Drama in the Mass Media' for about six months.
- — Yellow Springs becomes a center of Civil Rights Movement and anti-war activism tied to Antioch College's student body.
- — Yellow Springs passes an ordinance banning discrimination based on sexual orientation, described as making it the smallest municipality in the country to do so at the time.
- — Antioch College closes, citing financial difficulties that followed accounting mistakes discovered in 2006 which had doubled projected deficits.
- — Alumni organized as the Antioch College Continuation Corporation purchase the campus from Antioch University for $6.08 million.
- — Antioch College reopens in autumn as an independent institution, legally separate from Antioch University, with an initial class of 35 students.
Stories
The spring that named the town
Long before Yellow Springs was a village it was a spring: a steady flow of about 110 gallons a minute, a constant 52 degrees, so heavy with iron that it leaves a yellow-orange stain on every rock it passes over. The Bullskin Trace, a Shawnee route between the Ohio River and Detroit, ran near it, and secondary accounts describe Shawnee travelers, including Tecumseh, valuing its water. The first white settler at the spring, Lewis Davis, built a tavern there and began advertising its 'curative effects' in Cincinnati newspapers; Elisha Mills, a Connecticut lawyer, was among the settlers who bought land near the spring and began advertising it to tourists. For decades visitors arrived by stage and then by the Little Miami Railroad (1846) to take the cure, and the resort trade, more than any single founder, built the town around the spring.
A college that would not be conventional
Antioch College was founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection, a small nonsectarian Protestant body, began operating in 1852, and it broke with convention from its first term: its planning committee resolved that it 'shall afford equal privileges to students of both sexes,' and it was the fourth college in the country to admit Black students on an equal basis with white students, and by the mid-1850s its preparatory school had admitted two Black girls. Horace Mann, already famous as the architect of Massachusetts's common-school system and then serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, was chosen as its first president. He worked himself to exhaustion trying to make the underfunded college succeed, and at his last commencement in 1859, months before his death, he told the graduating class: 'Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.' Antioch adopted the line as its motto and still uses it.
The Antioch Plan and a countercultural reputation
Antioch nearly failed more than once - it closed outright from 1862 to 1865 and again in 1881-82 - before president Arthur E. Morgan, starting in 1920, built the cooperative work-study program that became known as the Antioch Plan: students split their time between roughly eight-week terms of study and eight-week terms of paid work, a model widely imitated elsewhere. The college's progressive bent hardened over the twentieth century - Red Scare-era investigations in the 1950s over alleged Communist sympathies, then a role as a hub of Civil Rights and anti-war organizing in the 1960s and 70s that shaped Yellow Springs's identity as a small liberal enclave in a conservative rural county.
Closure and a community-financed reopening
Antioch College's finances, always thin, collapsed after accounting errors discovered in 2006 doubled the projected deficit; Antioch University's board closed the college in 2008. Rather than let it disappear, alumni organized the Antioch College Continuation Corporation, raised the money, and in 2009 bought the campus back from the university for $6.08 million. The college reopened in the fall of 2011 as a legally independent institution with 35 students - a small, deliberately slow restart of a school whose identity in Yellow Springs runs back to 1852.
Photographs
Photo: Sarony & Major, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Southworth & Hawes, via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nyttend, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jamie Holly (Flickr user intoxination), CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Historic places
2 places in Yellow Springs on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Antioch Hall, North And South HallsBuilding · Yellow Springs · listed 1975
- Address
- Hyde Rd., Antioch College campus
- Where
- Yellow Springs, Greene County · ZIP 45387
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1975
- NRIS reference number
- 75001411
- Coordinates
- 39.79987, -83.88790
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
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South SchoolBuilding · Yellow Springs · listed 1989
- Address
- 909 S. High St.
- Where
- Yellow Springs, Greene County · ZIP 45387
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1989
- NRIS reference number
- 89001459
- Coordinates
- 39.79878, -83.89579
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.
Water
Groundwater wells (4 wells) The water here
- Yellow Springs Village100% of residentsGroundwater wells (4 wells)
- Greene County - northwest Reg Water0% of residentsLittle Miami River Buried Valley Aquifer (2 wellfields, Beavercreek area)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Yellow Springs's boundary: 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 2 colleges, 2 public schools, 2 private schools, 1 library, 4 museums, 1 police station, 1 public charging site, 2 Superfund sites, 1 Toxics Release Inventory facility, 4 spill cases and 1 mound or earthwork. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Nursing homes (1)
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Friends Extended Care Center4 of 5 stars · Yellow Springs
- Address
- 150 East Herman Street, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
- Certified beds
- 59
- Residents on an average day
- 48
- Medicare overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 4 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 4 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 4 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Continuing care retirement community
- Yes
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (937) 767-7363
- Medicare ID
- 365538
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Miami Township Fire and RescueYellow Springs
- Address
- 225 Corry Street, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
- Coordinates
- 39.80579, -83.88775
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Colleges (2)
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Antioch CollegePrivate nonprofit college · Yellow Springs
- What it is
- Private nonprofit college
- City
- Yellow Springs
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 157
- Tuition and fees, in state
- $37,143
- Graduation rate
- 26% of bachelor's students, within six years (a class of 19)
- IPEDS unit ID
- 483018
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Antioch UniversityPrivate nonprofit college · Yellow Springs
- What it is
- Private nonprofit college
- City
- Yellow Springs
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 674
- IPEDS unit ID
- 245892
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes.
Public schools (2)
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Mills Lawn Elementary School4.5 of 5 stars · Yellow Springs
- Address
- 200 S Walnut St, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
- School district
- Yellow Springs Ex Vill School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 298
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 17
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 88.9%
- Ohio building IRN
- 024919
- NCES school ID
- 390456702329
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Yellow Springs/McKinney High SchoolYellow Springs
- Address
- 420 E Enon Rd, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 329
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 18.5
- NCES school ID
- 390456702330
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Private schools (2)
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The Antioch SchoolPrivate, nonsectarian, special program · Yellow Springs
- Address
- P. O. 242, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
- Kind
- nonsectarian, special program
- Students, 2023-24
- 48
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 7.4
- Students per teacher
- 6.48649
- Phone
- (937) 767-7642
- NCES private school ID
- A2390413
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The Antioch SchoolPrivate, nonsectarian, special program · Yellow Springs
- Address
- Po Box 242, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
- Kind
- nonsectarian, special program
- Students, 2023-24
- 48
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 5.3
- Students per teacher
- 9.0566
- Phone
- (937) 767-7642
- NCES private school ID
- 01064336
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Public libraries (1)
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Yellow Springs Branch LibraryBranch · Yellow Springs
- Address
- 415 Xenia Ave., Yellow Springs, OH 45387
- What it is
- Branch
- Library system
- Greene County Public Library
- Open
- 2,924 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 6,200 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 427,596
- System's loans, FY2024
- 2,831,847
- People the system serves
- 167,966
- Phone
- (937) 352-4003
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (4)
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Glen Helen Ecology InstituteArboretum or botanical garden · Yellow Springs
- What it is
- Arboretum or botanical garden
- City
- Yellow Springs
- Coordinates
- 39.80597, -83.88796
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
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Glen Helen Nature PreserveZoo, aquarium or wildlife conservation · Yellow Springs
- What it is
- Zoo, aquarium or wildlife conservation
- City
- Yellow Springs
- Coordinates
- 39.80505, -83.90145
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
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Trailside MuseumMuseum · Yellow Springs
- What it is
- Museum
- City
- Yellow Springs
- Coordinates
- 39.80505, -83.90145
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
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Yellow Springs Historical SocietyHistorical society · Yellow Springs
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Yellow Springs
- Coordinates
- 39.80294, -83.89344
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.
Police stations (1)
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Yellow Springs Police DepartmentYellow Springs
- Address
- 100 Dayton Street, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
- Coordinates
- 39.80834, -83.88701
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.
Public EV charging (1)
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Bryan Center2 Level 2 · Yellow Springs
- Address
- 100 Dayton ST, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
- Ports
- 2 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- Blink Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Price
- FREE
- Phone
- 888-998-2546
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.
Superfund sites (2)
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Vernay LaboratoriesSuperfund program · Yellow Springs
- Address
- 875 Dayton Street, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
- County
- Greene County
- Status
- Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
- EPA program ID
- OHD004243002
- EPA registry ID
- 110000840350
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Yellow Springs Instruments (Ysi) Area WellsSuperfund program · Yellow Springs
- Address
- Us 68 and Brannum Road, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
- County
- Greene County
- Status
- Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
- EPA program ID
- OHN000508224
- EPA registry ID
- 110013799096
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Superfund (SEMS) and National Priorities List sites. Many program sites were assessed and needed no cleanup.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (1)
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Vernay LaboratoriesToxics Release Inventory · Yellow Springs
- Address
- 875 Dayton Street, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
- County
- Greene County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 45387VRNYL875DA
- EPA registry ID
- 110000840350
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.
Spills reported since 2021 (4)
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Material Unknown2025-08-13 · Yellow Springs
- Reported
- 2025-08-13
- What spilled
- Material Unknown
- Where
- Yellow Springs, Greene County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2508EPA0001361
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-11-30 · Yellow Springs
- Reported
- 2023-11-30
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 60 gallons
- Where
- Yellow Springs, Greene County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2311EPA0002002
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Hydrochloric Acid / Muriatic Acid (Hcl)2022-06-21 · Yellow Springs
- Reported
- 2022-06-21
- What spilled
- Hydrochloric Acid / Muriatic Acid (Hcl)
- Largest amount reported
- 2 gallons
- Where
- Yellow Springs, Greene County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2206EPA0000934
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Hydrochloric Acid / Muriatic Acid (Hcl)2022-06-21 · Yellow Springs
- Reported
- 2022-06-21
- What spilled
- Hydrochloric Acid / Muriatic Acid (Hcl)
- Largest amount reported
- 2 gallons
- Where
- Yellow Springs, Greene County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2206EPA0000933
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Mounds and earthworks (1)
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Orators MoundMound · Adena (per 1953-54 excavator Frank Van Wort) or Hopewell (per 1971 Antioch College excavation under Wolfgang Marschall); listed on the National Register of Historic Places July 15
- What it is
- Mound
- Age
- Adena (per 1953-54 excavator Frank Van Wort) or Hopewell (per 1971 Antioch College excavation under Wolfgang Marschall); listed on the National Register of Historic Places July 15, 1974
- Where
- Glen Helen Nature Preserve, east of Yellow Springs, Miami Township
- County
- Greene County
- Named in the history of
- Greene County
- Map point
- from the site's Wikipedia article
Wikipedia article (point and source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Many mounds stand on private land; visit only those open to the public.
Source: the History records' native sites, each placed by its own Wikipedia article; sites no article places are named on the History card but not pinned.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Yellow Springs, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45387 Yellow Springs | 70% | Groundwater wells (4 wells) | 5.1 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1960 | Yellow Springs Exempted Village · 4.5 stars overall | 1.1% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Yellow Springs, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-03 | Issue: Yellow Springs Village – Renewal #5 | 1,808 | 729 | Passed (71.27% for) |
| 2020-03-17 | Issue: Village of Yellow Springs Charter Amendment #3 | 1,272 | 246 | Passed (83.79% for) |
| 2020-03-17 | Issue: Village of Yellow Springs Charter Amendment #4 | 673 | 870 | Failed (43.62% for) |
| 2020-03-17 | Issue: Village of Yellow Springs Charter Amendment #5 | 891 | 650 | Passed (57.82% for) |
| 2019-11-05 | Issue: Yellow Springs Village Charter Amendments #13 | 657 | 722 | Failed (47.64% for) |
| 2016-03-15 | Issue: 5 Yellow Springs Village Current Exp | 1,454 | 381 | Passed (79.24% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-02 | Member of Council | Carmen V,Brown 745, 15.69%; Lindsay Burke 664, 13.98%; Laura Curliss 550, 11.58%; Brian Housh 852, 17.94%; Scott Osterholm 319, 6.72%; Kevin D. Stokes 1,056, 22.24%; Issa Walker 563, 11.86% |
| 2021-11-02 | Mayor | Pam Conine 1,443, 100.0% |
| 2019-11-05 | Mayor | Pam Conine 1,079, 100.0% |
| 2019-11-05 | Council | Laura Curliss 651, 18.28%; James Johnson 584, 16.4%; Lisa Kreeger 875, 24.57%; Marianne MacQueen 820, 23.03%; Write-In: Dean Pallotta 631, 17.72% |
| 2017-11-07 | Mayor | Pam Conine 1,042, 63.23%; Laura Curliss 281, 17.05%; Catherine Price 46, 2.79%; Gerald Simms 279, 16.93% |
| 2017-11-07 | Council | Chrissy Cruz 346, 7.86%; Brian K. Housh 983, 22.34%; Lisa Kreeger 797, 18.11%; Taki Manolakos 544, 12.36%; Kevin D. Stokes 1,098, 24.95%; David L. Turner 633, 14.38% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Audit, 2024, released 2026-04-16
- Financial Audit, 2023, released 2025-06-10
- OP&F Examination, 2023, released 2025-04-10
The county
Greene County: 17 ZIP codes, 23 cities, villages and townships, 178,891 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Yellow Springs, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.16 in
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
- rain so far in 2026
- 42.9 in
- 6.7 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 18.3 in
- a normal year brings 20.0 in
- a normal year
- 42.4 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.15 | — | 29 |
| September 2026 | 5.29 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 7.96 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 2.38 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.75 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 8.63 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 3.84 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 6.45 | 0.8 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 2.23 | 3.9 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.25 | 13.6 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.47 | 9.4 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 2.29 | 2.9 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 61.8 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1934 — 24.6 in |
| Snowiest year | 1978 — 42.4 in |
| Wettest day on record | 26 June 1971 — 4.82 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 19 March 1896 — 12.01 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 21 January 1978 — 20.37 in |
Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Yellow Springs, so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.
47,688 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-29. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Environmental permits and filings
What Ohio EPA has on file for Yellow Springs: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.
- facilities and sites on file
- 35
- those placed on the map inside Yellow Springs
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Contaminated-site cleanup | 9 |
| Hazardous waste | 9 |
| Site assessment | 5 |
| State sewer loans | 4 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 3 |
| Air pollution | 2 |
| Public drinking water | 1 |
| Sewer and water-line construction | 1 |
| Underground injection wells | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| YELLOW SPRINGS CASCADES - PHASE 2 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| SPRING MEADOWS SECTION THREE | Sewer and water-line construction permit | |
| SPRING MEADOWS SECTION THREE | Sewer and water-line construction permit | |
| SPRING MEADOWS SECTION THREE | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS WWTP | State sewer loans | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| SPRING MEADOWS SECTION THREE | Sewer and water-line construction permit | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water warning letter | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water violation resolved | |
| YELLOW SPRINGS VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation |
Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.
Quick answers
What county is Yellow Springs, Ohio in?
Yellow Springs is a village in Greene County, Ohio, with 3,720 residents.
When was Yellow Springs, Ohio founded?
Yellow Springs was settled 1804 (spring); permanent village mid-1820s-1840s; laid out 1825 (William Mills); incorporated 1856. Founders on record: William Mills and about 100 families of Robert Owen's followers; the Little Miami Railroad (1846) is credited with turning the settlement into a town. Source
How did Yellow Springs, Ohio get its name?
The village is named for the Yellow Spring, a mineral spring (now in Glen Helen Nature Preserve) whose water is heavy in iron and leaves yellow-orange mineral deposits on the streambed as it flows, historically about 110 gallons per minute at a constant 52 F. Source
What ZIP code is Yellow Springs, Ohio?
Most of Yellow Springs is in ZIP code 45387.
Where does Yellow Springs, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Yellow Springs (Yellow Springs Village): Groundwater wells (4 wells).
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