The above is the original Ohio River Survey Twp. 1, Range 16, Sections 1 - 33Surveyed by Levi Whipple, Nov. 1793Subdivided by Joseph Fletcher 1805 Union Township, which would eventually...
Townships
Early Days of Symmes
My father, George Irwin, moved to the log house that stands on the farm of R. M. Wickline, in Symmes Township in December 1827. At that time, there were twelve or thirteen families in the township.
Aid Township
In 1800, the first cabin in Aid Township was built on John’s Creek by Captain John, an Indian, and Andy Friend, a white man, and squatters who made their living hunting and trapping. The first settlement was Marion, [now known as Aid] in 1815. The name was changed due to the conflict with a larger and previously established Marion in northern Ohio. William (Uncle Billy) Stumbo laid out Marion (Aid) in 1840. The village of Arabia also lies partially in Aid Township. Aid Township was organized by Adam Haymaker in 1823.
Pioneers of Rome Township
Rome Township History Pioneers of Rome Township The Gardners, Morrisons, And Waltons All Contributed Heavily To The Early Development Of This Ohio Community. The Herald-Advertiser, 17 April 1938...
Washington Township
Stories about the northernmost tracts of Lawrence County and the booming furnaces of Washington Township to the Ohio River.
Upper Township
Upper Township is the southernmost one of Range Eighteen although it is not a full sized township in Lawrence County, Ohio, it is where Ironton is located.
Lawrence Township
Lawrence Township is centrally located in Lawrence County, Ohio, and was settled in 1806 by the Webbs, Willis, and Pancake families. James Webb, Sr., is said to have built the first cabin in 1806....
Elizabeth Township
In the year 1850 Elizabeth Township was the largest township in Lawrence County, with a population of 2,529.
Hamilton Township
Hamilton Township Once Was Booming, But Now It’s Being Bypassed. The integral history of Hamilton Township is not to be forgotten. The village of
Fayette Township
Fayette Township was settled in 1798. The Davidson families, Kouns, Crawfords, Freemans and Wards were among those who settled here between 1798 and 1828. Dr. C. S. Hall came in 1837. Many descendants of these families still live in the area.
The first school was built on Section 3, in 1812. Its seven or eight pupils were taught by John Phillips.
Rome Township
T. A. Walton Walks Through Rome Township. in 1869. Going northward from modern Rome, by the way of the new road, I found it dry traveling until I
Perry Township
A large portion of Perry Township fronting on the Ohio River warranted the early settlement of the township, with the first settler coming into the area
Symmes Township
Symmes Township Pioneers Having received so many favorable comments upon our recent articles about some of the pioneers of various townships in Lawrence
Union Township
Union township, Lawrence County, Ohio, lies on the Ohio River just below the Ohio Company’s Purchase. It belonged originally – that is, originally
Decatur Township
In 1850, most of the 550 male settlers of Decatur Township in Lawrence County were engaged in farming or laboring in the two iron ore furnaces in the