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Towns in Guernsey County
From Sarchet's History of Guernsey County - 1914
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Townships |
Date Platted |
Name of Founder |
Frankford |
Wills |
Sept 13, 1805 |
Joseph Smith |
Beymerstown |
Wills |
Sept 28, 1805 |
George & Henry Beymer |
Cambridge |
Cambridge |
June 2, 1806 |
Jacob Gomber & Zaccheus A. Beatty |
Union |
Richland |
May 4, 1812 |
Elijah Lowery & John Laughlin |
Fairview |
Oxford |
Mar 24, 1814 |
Hugh Gilland |
Senecaville |
Richland |
July 18, 1815 |
David Satterthwaite |
Londonderry |
Londonderry |
Aug 9, 1815 |
Robert Wilkins |
Olive Town |
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Sept 27, 1815 |
John Wiley & Isaac Hill |
New Liberty |
Jackson |
Oct 17, 1815 |
Richard Dickinson |
Martinsburg |
Madison |
May 17, 1816 |
John Bickham & James Welsh |
Lexington |
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Aug 12, 1816 |
Jacob Young & Jacob Myers |
Craigsborough |
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Feb 26, 1818 |
William Craig |
Zeland |
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June 21, 1820 |
Benjamin Bay |
West Barnsville |
Westland |
Dec 23, 1825 |
Ford Barnes |
New Birmingham |
Monroe |
1826 |
William Carson |
Middleton |
Oxford |
Sept 1, 1827 |
Benjamin Masters |
Paris |
Westland |
Dec 24, 1827 |
William Hunter |
Cumberland |
Spencer |
Apr 24, 1828 |
James Bay |
Claysville |
Westland |
June 7, 1828 |
Ford Barnes |
Liberty |
Liberty |
Aug 2, 1828 |
William & John Gibson |
Williamsburg |
Beaver |
Nov 21, 1828 |
William Finley |
Newburn |
Beaver |
Nov 27, 1828 |
Thomas Walsh |
Point Pleasant |
Valley |
July 24, 1829 |
Benjamin Wilson |
Antrim |
Madison |
Mar 1, 1830 |
Alexander Alexander |
Elizabethtown |
Wills |
Mar 7, 1832 |
Jacob Weller |
Portugal |
Washington |
Nov 14, 1833 |
Levi Engle |
Bridgewater |
Oxford |
Mar 24, 1834 |
William Orr |
Millwood |
Millwood |
Feb 18, 1835 |
Jonah Smith |
Salesville |
Millwood |
1835 |
George Brill |
New Gottengen |
Richland |
May 13, 1836 |
Charles Heifelbach |
Winchester |
Madison |
Aug 18, 1836 |
Isaac Bonnell |
Hartford |
Valley |
Sept 26, 1836 |
David Johnston & John Secrest |
West Boston |
Westland |
Dec 3, 1836 |
Charles Phillis |
Mount Ephraim |
Sencea |
Jun 29, 1838 |
Ephraim Vorhees |
Kennonburg |
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Dec 2, 1839 |
Daniel Rich & Arthur VanDyke |
Centreville |
Center |
Aug 31, 1842 |
David Kinkead |
florence |
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Sept 12, 1842 |
Samuel Arbuthnot |
Easton |
Wills |
Nov 21, 1842 |
Alexander Frew |
New Salem |
Liberty |
Apr 21, 1845 |
William Hosack |
Spencer Station |
Millwood |
1846 |
George W. Henderson |
Putneyville |
Millwood |
Apr 30, 1846 |
George W. Henderson |
Bridgeville |
Whelling |
Feb 5, 1848 |
William Shoff |
Greenwood |
Richland |
Jun 12, 1848 |
Thomas Taylor |
Mantua |
Adams |
Aug 6, 1853 |
Thomas P. Wilson & William P. Rose |
Bailey's Mill |
Millwood |
May 14, 1855 |
Jesse W. Bailey |
Byesville |
Jackson |
July 1, 1856 |
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Guernsey |
Whelling |
Nov 7, 1872 |
John Fordyce, J. W. Robins |
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Madison D. Robins |
Wheeling |
Wheeling |
Apr 24, 1874 |
David Dull |
Derwent |
Valley |
Aug 10, 1898 |
Eliza Dickerson |
Rigby |
Center |
Dec 20, 1898 |
Henry Moss |
Black Top |
Richland |
July 2, 1900 |
M. L. Spaid |
Lore City |
Center |
8-Jun-1903 |
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Opperman |
Valley |
28-Aug-1903 |
Thomas Moore & Wife |
Midway |
Jackson |
31-Oct-1903 |
Mike Stifka |
Fletcher |
Oxford |
5-Nov-1908
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J. B. Hamilton, A. E. Fletcher, |
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B. V. Witten |
Kingstown
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Center
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John H. Robins
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