TR. 2, N.
AREA 23,040 ACRES

4. 12, E.
POPULATION 1,941

    At the meeting of the County Commissioners, on the 5th day of March, 1832, Charles McKINNIS and Robert L. STROTHER, two of the Commissioners being present, the following record was made:  "It appearing to the Board of Commissioners necessary, they have set off the original township two north, in range twelve east, which shall be a body corporate and politic, and known by the name of Washington Township."
     This township was named in honor of the "Father of his country," and is situate in the north-east corner of the county, and is bounded on the north by Wood County, on the east by Seneca County, on the south by Big Lick Township, on the west by Cass Township.  It contains thirty-six sections of land, of six hundred and forty acres each.
     The first entry of land in this township was made November 24th, 1830, by Joseph LONG, of Fairfield County, Ohio, who made entry of the west half of the north-west quarter of section four, and on the same day, Caleb ROLLER, of the same county, entered the east half of the south-east quarter.
     Dec. 1st, 1830, John GERSUCH, of Wayne County, Ohio, entered the north-east quarter of section five, and

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RISDON

     This town  was laid out September 6th, 1832, by John GORSUCH, who certified "That the east half of the above town, comprising all the lots from number one to number thirty inclusive, in the west half of the north-west quarter of section six, township two north, range thirteen east, in the county of Seneca, and includes the east half of Main street, being the county line between Seneca and Hancock Counties.  All the rest of the said lots, on the west half of said town, from thirty-one to sixty inclusive, are laid out on the east part of the north-east quarter of section one, township two north, range twelve east, in the county of Hancock."
     This town, and the town of Rome, in Seneca County, were years ago united, and form the town of Fostoria.  There is located here the College of the United Brethren, and some very handsome private residences.  Quite a number of manufacturing establishments are also located here, and altogether it is a prosperous portion of the growing tow of Fostoria.
     A comfortable brick building for the public schools has been erected, and the enumeration of youth of school age amounts to one hundred and four.

ARCADIA

     In July 1855, David PETERS and Ambrose PETERS laid out this town, comprising one hundred and thirty-five lots, on the south part of the north half, and the north part of the south-half of the south-west quarter of section twenty-two. 

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Other additions were made by William WHEELAN and Charles E. JORDAN. 
     The town is located about eight miles north-east of Findley, at the crossing of the Lake Erie & Western and the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroads, and has a population of about six hundred.  The country surrounding it is rich and well improved, and there seems to be no good reason why Arcadia should not become quite a good point.  Its inhabitants are intelligent and enterprising, and already quite a large trade is done here.
     The business of the town is represented by two quite respectable dry goods stores, two drug stores, three grocerys, two hotels, three blacksmith shops, two wagon shops, two shoe shops, two cabinet shops, one cooper shop, one bakery, one restaurant, one tin shop, one flouring mill, one handle factory, one saw mill.  There are here one Methodist, one Presbyterian and one Lutheran church, and a good brick school house.  There are four physicians and one lawyer located here.
     The Odd Fellows instituted a Lodge herein July, 1874, and now have a membership of forty-four.
     The Lake & Western Railroad was finished through this place in the spring of 1859, and the N. Y. C. & St. L. Railway commenced laying iron here on the 28th of May, 1881, and on the 2de day of June the cars ran across Main street.
     This town was incorporated in 1859, at which time Geo. W. KIMMELL was elected Mayor, and Dr. D. B. SPAHR, Recorder.  The office of Mayor has since been filled by the the following persons:  Jacob Peters, Joseph Dillery, E. B. Warner, C. E. JORDAN, J. E. BEESON, A. D. HARBAUGH, George STAHL and J. W. FISHER.  Joseph DILLERY has been five times

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elected Mayor, and J. E. BOWMAN was six times elected Recorder.
     A post office was established here in 1859, with A. W. FREDERICK Postmaster, who has been succeeded by David PETERS, Jacob PETERS, William KARN, Joseph SMART, William MOFFAT and J. H. BEESON, the present incumbent.
     The following named persons were elected Justices of the Peace in this township, at the dates named:
     Liverton Thomas - 1832
     James Wiseman - 1835, 1838, 1841, 1844
     William Eckles - 1835
     Oliver Day - 1838
     Joel Hales - 1841
     Michael Roller - 1841, 1843, 1847, 1850, 1853
     Ephraim Peters - 1844
     William Baker - 1846, 1849, 1852.
     Thomas S. Kelley - 1854, 1857, 1860, 1863, 1866
     Wesley Bradford - 1855
     Anthony Fox - 1856, 1859, 1863, 1866, 1869, 1872, 1875, 1878
     Charles E. Jordon - 1860, 1863
     Jacob Peters - 1866, 1869
     James McCauley - 1869, 1873
     Ezra B. Warner - 1872
     Geo. W. Grubb - 1874
     D. P. Lloyd - 1876
     J. W. Fisher - 1877
     C. German - 1879
     Joseph Dillery - 1880

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     Table of crop and stock statistics for the year 880 as returned to the County Auditor by the Township Assessor in 1881.