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Towns in Guernsey County
From Sarchet's History of Guernsey County - 1914
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| Town |
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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