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Lynchburg Village |
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Leesburg Village |
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Mowrystown Village |
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Brushcreek Township |
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- Sinking Spring Village was named for a small
flow which, after emerging from Niagaran limestone,
disappears underground in joints of eastward-dipping
rocks. |
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Clay Township |
Organized on December 5, 1831 from the townships of
Whiteoak & Salem. |
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- Buford |
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Concord Township |
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Dodson Township |
Organized on June 7, 1830 from the townships of Union,
Salem & New Market |
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Fairfield Township |
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- Highland Village |
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- Leesburg Village |
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Harner Township |
Organized on June 5, 1849 from the townships of Salem,
New Market, Union and Dodson. |
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Jackson Township |
Organized Sept. 24, 1816 from the townships of Brush
Creek & Concord. |
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Liberty Township |
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- Hillsboro City* The County Seat of Highland
County |
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Madison Townshp |
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- Greenfield City is located in Northeastern
Madison Township. |
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Marshall Township |
Organized on January 15, 1844 from the townships of
Liberty, Jackson, Brush Creek & Paint. |
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- The unincorporated community of Marshall lies
in the township's center. |
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New Market Township |
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Paint Township |
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Penn Township |
Organized on March 2, 1852 from the townships of
Liberty, Fairfield & Union.
NOTE: There was a township called Richland, which
comprehended the territory embraced in the act attaching
part of Highland to Clinton county. But of its
organization or boundaries, the record can not be found. |
Salem Township
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Currently it is the smallest of the seventeen townships
in Highland County with 12,700 acres. Native American
relics have been found on many farms and properties in
the township, as it was a major Shawnee hunting and
ceremonial region. The most interesting Native American
site in Salem Township is Fort Salem, which consists of
two large earthen mounds about 80 feet in length; as
they sit on private property, they have never been
excavated. However, Dr Raymond Baby, curator of
archaeology for the Ohio Historical Society, visited the
mounds in 1973 and stated that they were in a perfect
state of preservation and confirmed their Native
American origins.
This township was organized on August 19, 1819 from the
townships of New Market & Union. |
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- Pricetown - The unincorporated community of
Pricetown lies in the township's East.
The township was created from portions of New Market and
Union townships on August 9, 1819. Since then it has
relinquished much of its land to Dodson, Clay and Hamer
townships as they were formed. |
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Union Township |
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Washington Township |
Organized on June 6, 1850 from the townships of Liberty,
Concord, Jackson & Marshall. |
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Whiteoak Township |
Organized in 1821 from the townships of New Market &
Salem. |
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OTHER TOWNS |
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Pricetown |
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Allensburg |
Was named after William Allen, U. S. senator from Ohio. |
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Bridges |
Is named for the four bridges across Hardin Creek. |
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Dodsonville |
Is named after Joshua Dodson, surveyor. |
Folsom
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Was named after First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland,
wife of President Grover Cleveland. |
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Highland |
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Hoagland |
Former and merged names include Hoagland's Crossing |
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Hollowtown |
The community was named for Anthony Hollow, settler. |
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Samantha |
Former and merged names include Beeson's Crossroads. |
