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OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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Ashland County, Ohio
CITIES & TOWNSHIPS
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick) |
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| Ashland
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Clear Creek Township |
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SAVANNAH, formerly VERMILLION,
in Clearcreek township, was laid out Dec. 25, 1818, by John Haney.
It is situated on a beautiful plateau, on the old Vermilion road, and
contains a population of about four hundred. It has five
churches, two dry goods stores, one tavern, two grocery stores, a
wagon and carriage shop, a tannery, two blacksmith shops, a saddle and
harness shop, a tailor shop, a cabinet shop, a tin shop, and a number
of mechanics. It has, also, a fine academy, which is well
patronized, and adds thrift and spirit to the town. Its
inhabitants are, largely, the descendants of Scotch-Irish, intermixed
with people of New England birth. The two is noted for its
adhesion to total abstinence from every form of intoxicating drinks,
and, in this respect, is a safe resort for young men seeking an
education, and preparing for future usefulness.
(History of Ashland County, Ohio
[Cleveland, Ohio]:Williams Bros., 1876.) |
| Green
Township |
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PERRYSVILLE, in Green township,
from the victory of Commodore Perry, September 10, 1813,
was the second village in the present limits of Ashland county.
It was laid out June 10, 1815, by Thomas Coulter.
Its growth for many years was moderate. In the days of the
construction of the Ohio canals, this village had large expectations
concerning the route of the extension of the Walhonding canal.
It is located on the Black fork, which was navigable to within a
little distance of the village. As early as 1822 a number of
flat-boats were built in its vicinity, loaded with the surplus
products of Green township, and sent south. Since the completion
of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad, which passes through
the town, its growth had been quite rapid. It has a station and
warehouse, and large quantities of grain, and the surplus stock of the
southeast part of the county are here purchased and shipped west.
This adds greatly to the thrift and enterprise of the town. Its
population is estimated at about five hundred. The village
contains three stores, a foundry, a fine grist-mill, a tavern, a
post-office, one Presbyterian, one Baptist, and one Methodist church,
two blacksmith shops, a carriage and wagon manufactory, four
physicians, and excellent institution of learning. The town is
surrounded by a rich valley of land, which is cultivated by hundreds
of thrifty and prosperous farmers. The outlook for the future is
very flattering. Her academy, under the management of Professor
J. C. Sample, is an ornament to the town, and cannot fail to
contribute to the intelligence and prosperity of her people.
(History of Ashland County, Ohio
[Cleveland, Ohio]:Williams Bros., 1876.) |
| Hanover
Township |
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LOUDONVILLE in Hanover Township, was laid
out August 6, 1814, by James Loudon Priest and
Stephen Butler, and contained at the census of 1870, a
population of eight hundred and eleven. It is located in the
northeast corner of the township, on the banks of the Black fork of
the Mohican, which was navigable, for many years, for small craft.
The Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne railroad passes through it, and adds
thrift and enterprise to the place. The road was constructed in
the years 1852 and 1853, and, since its completion, the town has grown
quite rapidly. Recently, many fine brick buildings have been
constructed along its principal business streets, and a number of
handsome and valuable brick residences put up, in different parts of
the original town, and several very showy ones in a new addition above
the depot. During the construction of the Walhonding canal, some
thirty-five years ago, it was proposed to continue it up the lake and
Black fork; and Loudonville was made a point. After that
enterprise was abandoned, the village failed to improve, until the
completion of the railroad. A good deal of business is now
transacted in the town. It furnished a good market for all the
surplus grain and stock of the southeast part of the county. It
has a spirited population, and contains two good hotels, a bank,
several dry goods establishments, a drug store, a tin and hardware
store, a foundry, a carriage manufactory, a large tannery, an
excellent steam grist-mill, clothing stores, blacksmith shops, lumber
yards, cabinet shops, shoe stores, a gunsmith, five or six fine
churches, a newspaper, several physicians, and a lawyer. The
country around the town is healthy, and the hills and valleys are
quite romantic; and many legends are related, concerning the red men
that roamed up and down the streams of Hanover, three-quarters of a
century gone.
(History of Ashland County, Ohio
[Cleveland, Ohio]:Williams Bros., 1876.) |
| Jackson
Township |
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PERRYSBURGH, in Jackson township,
was laid out Oct. 13, 1830, by Josiah Lee and David Buchanan.
It has a population of about one hundred and fifty. It has one
tavern, two small stores, a shoe shop, a blacksmith shop, a wagon
manufactory, a cabinet shop, a tailor, and one church. The
post-office is named Albion. The village has had a gradual
growth, and is supported by a good farming community. POLK,
in Jackson township, was laid out May 4, 1849, by John Kuhn. It
is located near the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railway, and
contains about one hundred and fifty inhabitants. It has a good
store, a tavern, a steam saw-mill, a harness manufactory, a blacksmith
shop, a post-office, a railroad station, two churches, a good school
and two physicians. Its grown for the last few years had been
quite rapid.
(History of Ashland County, Ohio
[Cleveland, Ohio]:Williams Bros., 1876.) |
| Lake
Township |
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| Mifflin
Township |
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MIFFLIN formerly called
Petersburg, in Mifflin township, was laid out by William B.
James, Peter Deardorff, and Samuel Lewis, June 16, 1816.
It was located on the old State road leading from Wooster to
Mansfield. For many years it was very thrifty, and, under the
old state era, and during the early settlement of Richland county, was
well patronized by the traveling public. George Thomas
erected the first tavern, which he conducted until about 1820.
The removal of the old stage lines, and the construction of railroads,
diverted to travel to other lines, and for many years the village has
been sustained almost exclusively by the patronage of the farmers of
Mifflin. It has one tavern, one store, one cabinet shop, one
blacksmith shop, one grocery, a post-office, an excellent district
school, one church, one physician, and one shoe shop. It
contains a population of about one hundred and fifty.
(History of Ashland County, Ohio
[Cleveland, Ohio]:Williams Bros., 1876.) |
| Mohican
Township |
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JEROMEVILLE, in Mohican township,
named after John Baptiste Jerome, the original
proprietor of the land upon which is was surveyed, was the third town
within the present limits of Ashland county, having been laid out
February 14, 1815, by Christian Deardorff and William
Vaughn; and is now estimated to contain a population of about
four hundred. It is eligibly located in the northwest part of
the township, on the old and much traveled road from Wooster to
Mansfield, and prior to the construction of railroads, and a large
patronage from the traveling public, and was a good business town.
The interests of the town would be greatly enhanced by the
construction of a railroad up the valley to Ashland, which project is
now being considered by her most enterprising citizens. It being
two or three small stores, two hotels, a carriage manufactory, two
cabinet shops, a harness shop, three blacksmith shops, several shoe
shops, one wagon shop, a tailor, several groceries, two physicians, a
fine mill and an excellent school. It also has one Presbyterian,
one Methodist and one Disciple church. It is surrounded by fine
farming land and industrious farmers, whose patronage adds to the
prosperity of the town. No better agricultural lands can be found in
the State than those along the branches of Mohican; and all the
farmers need is access to a ready market for all their surplus
products, to make them wealthy and independent. MOHICANVILLE,
is the southwest part of Mohican township, was laid out July 2, 1833,
by Simeon Beall and Henry Sherradden. It contains
a population of near two hundred, and has three churches, a hotel, one
store, a grist-mill propelled by steam and water, a woollen
manufactory a wagon shop, a shoe shop, a harness manufactory, a
carriage shop, a paint shop, a cabinet shop, a good school, a
post-office, and two physicians. The people of the village are
wide-awake and prosperous. The village has very fine
water-power, and is healthfully located in the midst of excellent
farming lands. It has a fair trade, and is mostly supported by
the farmers.
(History of Ashland County, Ohio
[Cleveland, Ohio]:Williams Bros., 1876.) |
| Montgomery
Township |
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ASHLAND, formerly UNIONTOWN,
in Montgomery township, was laid out by William Montgomery,
July 28, 1815, and was the fourth town within the present limits of
Ashland county. It retained the name of Uniontown, until the
establishment of a post-office, in 1822, which was called Ashland,
because there was another Uniontown in the State. The village
thereupon received the name of Ashland. Mr. Frank Graham,
now (1876) eighty-five years old, was the first postmaster.
Ashland is situated on sections seven, eight,
seventeen, and eighteen, and is estimated to contain a population of
three thousand. In 1822, the village contained about twenty log
cabins, one small dry goods store, a blacksmith, two distilleries, a
tannery, a shoemaker, a tailor, a hatter, a cooper, a wheelwright, a
small tavern, and one physician. The inhabitants of the village
were William Montgomery, farmer; Philip Shaffer,
shoemaker; Elias Slocum, tavern keeper; Alanson
Andrews, farmer; George W. Palmer, distiller; Samuel
Urie, blacksmith; Joseph Sheets, tailor;
Joseph Markley, distiller; David Markley,
distiller; David Markley; Amos Antibus,
hatter; Ebenezer D. Nightingill, hatter; Mr. Barr,
cooper; Francis Graham, storekeeper; John
Croft, tanner; Alexander Miller, cabinetmaker;
Joel Luther, physician. This was really the beginning
of the village. The principal street was very crooked, and the
cabins were ranged along either side of it. A grist and saw-mill
or two, all propelled by water, soon appeared. Jacob
Grubb, an excellent cabinetmaker, and other mechanics, soon
erected dwellings. A demand for more goods introduced other
business men, an more stores were opened. The original plat
filled rapidly, and more room was required. Markley's
addition was laid out, and, in a few years, Alanson Andrews,
Francis Graham, Joseph Sheets an
Christopher Mykrantz added their additions. Then, in
1846, Ashland became the seat of justice, and South Ashland was laid
out. More recently, the additions of Rocky, Cowen & Myers, and
Willis, have been added. Some of the original streets have been
straightened and considerably extended, while Main and Orange streets
have been paved and guttered with bowlders. The original cabins
and frame structures have gradually disappeared, and been replaced by
fine brick buildings along Main and other streets. For many
years Ashland was noted for its excellent academy. This was
suffered to be merged into the union school system in 1850. At
present, her schools are in a prosperous condition. The town
contains ten churches, nine Protestant and one Catholic. It has
three banks, an Odd Fellows' hall, and a Masonic lodge, two
manufactories of agricultural implements, four blacksmith shops, two
large steam grist-mills, three carriage and wagon manufactories, two
steams saw-mills, two lumber yards, two large tanneries, four harness
and saddle shops, four shoe stores, three hardware stores, three
clothing stores, two hotels, five dry goods stores, four provision
stores, three stove and tin stores; two silverware and jewelry stores,
two bakery establishments, two printing offices, one gun store, three
butcher shops, two furniture stores, one furniture manufactory,
sixteen physicians, two dentists, thirteen lawyers, three livery
establishments and two book stores.
The county buildings add to the business of the place
during the sessions of the court, and the payment of taxes. The
New York Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad, with its warehouses and depot,
is within the northern limits of the town, and adds to its property
wealth. All in all, we conclude that in the future, as in the
past, Ashland will go steadily forward in the increase of her
population, in wealth, and number of valuable improvements. It
is surrounded by a fine, productive country, and can sustain a much
greater population.
(History of Ashland County, Ohio
[Cleveland, Ohio]:Williams Bros., 1876.) |
| Orange
Township |
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ORANGE in Orange township, was laid
out by Amos Norris and John Chilcote, April 22, 1828.
It is located on section twenty-eight, on a branch of Mohican creek,
in the midst of spendid farming lands. It was for many years a
flourishing village; but its nearness to the county-seat has somewhat
checked its growth. It contains one hotel, one dry goods store,
one or two groceries, a blacksmith shop, two tanneries, a shoe shop, a
harness manufactory, a tailor shop, a post-office called Nankin, a
physician, a Presbyterian and a Methodist church, and a good school.
The New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railway passes near the village and
has a small station and telegraph office. The village is
estimated to contain two hundred and fifty inhabitants.
(History of Ashland County, Ohio
[Cleveland, Ohio]:Williams Bros., 1876.)
NANKIN is an unincorporated community in
southern Orange Township. |
| Perry
Township |
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ROWSBURGH, is the center of Perry
township, was laid out by Michael D. Row, April 15, 1835.
It is situated on the main road from Ashland to Wooster, and has a
population of about two hundred and fifty. It has two stores,
one tavern, one wagon and blacksmith shop, a large tannery, a cabinet
shop, two harness manufactories, three churches, a fine school and a
post office. It also has one physician. The country about
the village contains many valuable farms, and the patronage of the
farmers contributes largely to the growth and prosperity of the town.
There is also considerable travel. LAFAYETTE, in the north
part of the township of Perry, was laid out in the spring of 1835,
just prior to the platting of Rowsburgh. The original
proprietors were William Hamilton and John Zimmerman.
The location of the village at that time, gave promise of a fair
business and considerable growth, being situated on a much productive,
and is filled by industrious, frugal, and prosperous farmers. It
has one store, a blacksmith, a cabinet-maker, a shoemaker and other
mechanics, a good school and one or two churches. The population
has not increased of late years.
(History of Ashland County, Ohio
[Cleveland, Ohio]:Williams Bros., 1876.) |
| Ruggles
Township |
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RUGGLES CENTER is located on the
intersection of the Ashland, New Londona and Sullivan roads and
contains a post-office, a grocery store, a blacksmith shop, two shoe
shops, one Methodist and one Congregational church, a school, and
twelve residences. The old point of trade in the township was
the corner west of the center; but since the old trade route to
Mohican has been abandoned, in consequence of the completion of the
Atlantic & Great Western railway (now the New York, Pennsylvania &
Ohio), through Ashland, it has gone down. (History
of Ashland County, Ohio
[Cleveland, Ohio]:Williams Bros., 1876.) |
| Sullivan
Township |
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SULLIVAN situated in the center of
Sullivan township, was laid out in 1836 by Sylvanus Parmely, Ira
Palmer, Joseph Palmer and Joseph Carlton, whose lands
formed the corners of the center. It contains one tavern, one
dry goods store, one shoe shop, one grocery, one carriage shop, one
blacksmith shop, one cabinet shop, one harness shop, one steam
saw-mill, four good churches, a good school, and is eligibly situated.
Its population is about two hundred, and mostly from New England.
The post-office bears the name of the village. Its principal
support is derived from the neighborhood trade. The population
of the township is largely engaged in the dairy business and grazing.
(History of Ashland County, Ohio
[Cleveland, Ohio]:Williams Bros., 1876.) |
| Troy
Township |
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TROY CENTER, is in the center of
Troy township, became a village in 1851, upon the addition of Norris
division. The corners were re-surveyed and consolidated in 1868,
and platted. Its post-office is called "Nova." It has one
tavern, one store, a blacksmith shop, a steam saw-mill, a shoemaker, a
cabinet-maker, a tailor, a tin shop, a harness maker, and about forty
dwelling houses, one church and a school-house. It also has one
lawyer and a physician. The roads from Sullivan and from Ashland
cross at right angles, and form the principal streets. It has a
fair neighborhood trade.
(History of Ashland County, Ohio
[Cleveland, Ohio]:Williams Bros., 1876.)
NOVA is an unincorporated community in
central Troy Township. |
| Vermillion
Township |
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HAYESVILLE, situated near the
center of Vermillion township, was laid out Oct. 26, 1830, by John
Cox and Linus Hayes. The State roads running from
Wooster to Mansfield and from Ashland to Loudonville, intersect each
other in the center of town, and constitute its principal streets.
It contains two dry goods stores, a wagon and carriage manufactory,
two or three blacksmith shops, a cabinet shop, a shoe shop and store,
two or three groceries, two hotels, one or two boarding houses, a good
district school, one Presbyterian, one United Presbyterian, and one
Methodist church, postoffice, two physicians, and many pleasant
residences. The population and business are on the increase.
In 1875, a newspaper was started, in connection with Vermillion
institute, which has for many years been the ornament of the town.
The population of Hayesville is estimated at about six hundred.
It is surrounded by a good farming community, and most continue to
increase in wealth and population.
(History of Ashland County, Ohio
[Cleveland, Ohio]:Williams Bros., 1876.) |
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