Adams Township, Monroe County

Township · Monroe County · 620 residents

Monroe County

Local events in Adams Township, Monroe County

Nothing is posted for Adams Township itself yet; here is what is on within 20 miles. All local events in Adams Township, Monroe County

  1. A Novel Bunch Book Club at Bethesda

    3 to 4 p.m. · Bethesda Public Library · Bethesda · 16 mi · From Belmont County District Library

  2. Wrestling - Doan Ford Invitational

    4:30 to 8:30 p.m. · Barnesville High School, 910 Shamrock Dr, Barnesville, OH 43713, USA · Barnesville · 15 mi · From Adena Local School District

  3. JrH Wrestling @ Barnesville

    9 a.m. to 4 p.m. · Barnesville High School, 910 Shamrock Dr, Barnesville, OH 43713, USA · Barnesville · 15 mi · From Coshocton City School District

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How Adams Township, Monroe County began

Adams Township, organized March 6, 1826 in the county's interior, grew up around the Atkinson family, five brothers who settled at the mouth of Sunfish Creek in the early 1800s. Its main village, Cameron, began life as Jamestown, founded by James Atkinson in 1837, and passed through a post-office name (Rocky Narrows) before settling on Cameron; by 1880 it held 170 residents. An early oil mill built by the Sinclair brothers burned after only a few years of operation, a small early casualty in a township otherwise built around Disciples, Methodist, Presbyterian and Christian congregations.

Settled early 1800s (Atkinson family, mouth of Sunfish Creek), incorporated 1826-03-06 (township organized).

Where the name comes from

The origin of the township name Adams is not recorded. Its village, first platted as Jamestown in 1837 (1838 per Wikipedia) after founder James Atkinson, was later renamed Cameron, a name transferred from Cameron, West Virginia, according to Wikipedia.

Before the town

No source names a Native American village, camp or mound specific to Adams Township. The area lay within the broader hunting and travel range of the Wyandot, Shawnee, Lenape (Delaware) and Mingo peoples before the Treaty of Greenville (1795), but no source ties a named site to the township.

Nations recorded here: Wyandot, Shawnee, Lenape (Delaware), Mingo (Seneca-Cayuga).

Timeline

  1. — Settlers including the Atkinsons, Vandevanters and Henthorns made the first settlement in the county at the mouths of Sunfish and Opossum creeks about 1798 or 1799, according to Howe's 1891 history.
  2. — The Disciples established the township's first church, near Cameron.
  3. — Adams Township was formally organized, comprising 23 square miles.
  4. — James Atkinson organized the village of Jamestown on Sunfish Creek (Wikipedia gives 1838 for the plat), later renamed Cameron; its post office was first Rocky Narrows, and an earlier post office at the mouth of Piney Fork went by Young's Mill, Taylor's Store and Irish Ridge.
  5. — Cameron's population reached 170.
  6. — Adams Township and Cameron together counted 1,317 residents.
  7. — Adams Township's five schools enrolled 235 pupils, and Cameron's two-room school 117 pupils.
  8. — The school census for Cameron, twelve miles east of Woodsfield, was 140.
  9. — The census counted 620 residents in the 22.5-square-mile township.

Stories

Five Atkinson brothers at Sunfish Creek

Charles, James, Mitchell, William and Isaac Atkinson, five brothers, settled near the mouth of Sunfish Creek around 1800. James later moved to Cameron, which was organized by James Atkinson in 1837 and was then called Jamestown. Charles, father of Stephen Atkinson Sr., moved to a farm earlier owned by Michael Boughner. Mitchell and Isaac moved to Seneca Township, and William may later have moved to Green Township.

Local history sources: monroe.ohgenweb.org · archive.org · en.wikipedia.org · archive.org · en.wikipedia.org

Water

Mostly private wells The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Adams Township, Monroe County's boundary: 1 public school, 2 poor-rated bridges, 38 shale and injection wells and 3 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Public schools (1)

  1. Swiss Hills Career CenterWoodsfield
    Address
    46601 State Route 78, Woodsfield, OH 43793
    Kind (NCES)
    Career and Technical School
    Students, 2023-24
    149
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    22.43
    NCES school ID
    390486503338

Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.

Bridges rated poor (2)

  1. Altitude Miller Rd over Sunfish CreekPoor · built 1910
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1910
    Length
    42 ft
    Owner
    County
    Vehicles a day
    209
    Coordinates
    39.77563, -81.01817
  2. Salem Twp Rd 183 over Paine RunPoor · built 1966
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1966
    Length
    9 ft
    Owner
    County
    Vehicles a day
    96
    Coordinates
    39.77955, -80.94032

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025. "Poor" means one major part rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale; it calls for repair, not closing, unless the state posts or closes the bridge.

Shale and injection wells (38)

  1. Bluebonnet A 1HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111248840000
    Coordinates
    39.74635, -80.98926

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  2. Bluebonnet B 3HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111248830000
    Coordinates
    39.74629, -80.98927

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  3. Bluebonnet C 5HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111248850000
    Coordinates
    39.74641, -80.98924

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  4. Coyote A 2HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249080000
    Coordinates
    39.74431, -81.00490

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  5. Coyote A 4HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249070000
    Coordinates
    39.74437, -81.00486

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  6. Coyote B 6HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249060000
    Coordinates
    39.74442, -81.00482

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  7. Crawford A 1HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249250000
    Coordinates
    39.76749, -80.98847

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  8. Crawford B 3HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249240000
    Coordinates
    39.76755, -80.98838

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  9. Crawford C 2HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249230000
    Coordinates
    39.76750, -80.98846

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  10. Crawford D 5HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249220000
    Coordinates
    39.76758, -80.98834

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  11. Howell 210093 1AUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Gulfport Appalachia Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111245130000
    Coordinates
    39.80105, -81.03323

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  12. Howell 210093 2BUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Gulfport Appalachia Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111245120000
    Coordinates
    39.80107, -81.03319

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  13. Howell 210093 3CUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Gulfport Appalachia Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111245100000
    Coordinates
    39.80111, -81.03316

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  14. Howell 210093 4DUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Gulfport Appalachia Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111245110000
    Coordinates
    39.80114, -81.03312

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  15. Pyles B 4HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111248650000
    Coordinates
    39.79558, -80.98270

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  16. Pyles C 6HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111248660000
    Coordinates
    39.79560, -80.98263

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  17. Pyles C 8HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111248670000
    Coordinates
    39.79562, -80.98255

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  18. Rothenbuhler A Up Mnr 2HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249630000
    Coordinates
    39.78153, -80.98803

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  19. Rothenbuhler B Up Mnr 4HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249670000
    Coordinates
    39.78150, -80.98801

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  20. Rothenbuhler C Up Mnr 6HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249680000
    Coordinates
    39.78146, -80.98798

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  21. Rothenbuhler D Mnr 1HHorizontal shale well
    What it is
    Horizontal shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249540000
    Coordinates
    39.78126, -80.98733

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  22. Rothenbuhler F Mnr 3HHorizontal shale well
    What it is
    Horizontal shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249520000
    Coordinates
    39.78122, -80.98731

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  23. Rothenbuhler F Mnr 5HHorizontal shale well
    What it is
    Horizontal shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249530000
    Coordinates
    39.78129, -80.98736

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  24. Sawyers 4HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111245160000
    Coordinates
    39.76768, -80.98817

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  25. Sawyers 6HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111245170100
    Coordinates
    39.76765, -80.98823

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  26. Sawyers 8HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111245150100
    Coordinates
    39.76761, -80.98828

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  27. Truax 210124 1AUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Gulfport Appalachia Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111244970000
    Coordinates
    39.79631, -81.04302

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  28. Truax 210124 2BUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Gulfport Appalachia Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111244980000
    Coordinates
    39.79631, -81.04297

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  29. Truax 210124 3CUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Gulfport Appalachia Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111244950000
    Coordinates
    39.79631, -81.04291

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  30. Truax 210124 4DUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Gulfport Appalachia Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111244960000
    Coordinates
    39.79631, -81.04286

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  31. Truax 210124 5EUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Gulfport Appalachia Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111245020000
    Coordinates
    39.79631, -81.04281

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  32. Wiley A 1HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249190000
    Coordinates
    39.74390, -81.00521

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  33. Wiley B 3HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249200000
    Coordinates
    39.74394, -81.00518

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  34. Wiley C 5HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111249210000
    Coordinates
    39.74398, -81.00515

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  35. Wiley D 8HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111247970000
    Coordinates
    39.74563, -80.98946

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  36. Yellow Rose A 2HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111247990000
    Coordinates
    39.74569, -80.98945

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  37. Yellow Rose B 4HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111247980000
    Coordinates
    39.74581, -80.98942

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  38. Yellow Rose C 6HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Expand Operating Llc
    County
    Monroe County
    API well number
    34111247950000
    Coordinates
    39.74575, -80.98943

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

Source: ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources well inventory (September 2026): drilled Utica, Marcellus and horizontal wells and Class II injection wells not plugged. Older vertical wells are on the full map.

Spills reported since 2021 (3)

  1. Oil Transformer Pcb2024-10-25 · Adams Twp
    Reported
    2024-10-25
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    21 gallons
    Where
    Adams Twp, Monroe County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2410EPA0001798
  2. Oil Transformer Pcb2024-10-23 · Adams Twp
    Reported
    2024-10-23
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Pcb
    Where
    Adams Twp, Monroe County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2410EPA0001783
  3. Material Black2024-08-06 · Adams Twp
    Reported
    2024-08-06
    What spilled
    Material Black
    Where
    Adams Twp, Monroe County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2408EPA0001349

Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.

Its ZIP codes

Each ZIP code that touches Adams Township, Monroe County, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.

Local government

Who holds office in Adams Township, Monroe County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2021-11-02 Township Trustee Tim Dierkes 84, 41.18%; Timothy B. Ollom 71, 34.8%; Thomas M. Rouse 49, 24.02%
2019-11-05 Township Trustee Jerry L. McClellan 103, 100.0%
2019-11-05 Township Fiscal Officer Brenda Roberts 117, 100.0%

Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.

Auditor of State record

Quick answers

What county is Adams Township, Ohio in?

Adams Township, Monroe County is a township in Monroe County, Ohio, with 620 residents.

When was Adams Township, Ohio founded?

Adams Township, Monroe County was settled early 1800s (Atkinson family, mouth of Sunfish Creek); incorporated 1826-03-06 (township organized). Source

How did Adams Township, Ohio get its name?

The origin of the township name Adams is not recorded. Source

What ZIP code is Adams Township, Ohio?

Adams Township, Monroe County is served by ZIP codes 43914, 43716, 43793 and 43915; 43914 holds the largest share of its residents.

Where does Adams Township, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Adams Township, Monroe County (Woodsfield Village): Mostly private wells.

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