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How Bennington Township, Morrow County began
Bennington Township was organized in 1817 as part of Delaware County, and its name honors Bennington, Vermont, the home town of one of its first settlers. Settlement followed close on the War of 1812, in the same wave that filled out this corner of what is now Morrow County; the township became part of the new Morrow County when it was formed in 1848. Its principal village, Marengo, sits in the northwest corner of the township. Today the township remains rural and agricultural, with about 3,300 residents.
Settled shortly after the War of 1812 (1812-1815), incorporated organized as a township in 1817.
Where the name comes from
Named for Bennington, Vermont, the native home of one of the township's first settlers.
Before the town
No site-specific Native American camp, village or trail was found for Bennington Township, but the 1911 county history records a Mound Builder earthwork a quarter mile west of Marengo: a large earth enclosure on an extensive prominence, its contents never investigated. The township was carved from Delaware County territory, and Ohio History Central and county sources describe the broader Morrow County area as Shawnee hunting ground before white settlement, with the Owl Creek Trail (used by Wyandot and Delaware/Lenape travelers) passing through the county to the north near Mount Gilead.
Nations recorded here: Wyandot, Lenape (Delaware), Shawnee.
- Marengo earthwork (earthwork) — a quarter mile west of Marengo, Bennington Township, unknown (Mound Builder era) (archive.org)
Timeline
- — John Rosecrans, a distant relative of General Rosecrans and the only settler known to have lived in Bennington Township before the War of 1812, builds a small log cabin about half a mile north of the future site of Pagetown.
- — Bennington Township was organized, then part of Delaware County; the Delaware County commissioners authorize the new township on April 22, and Dwinnell, who assisted in the survey, suggests the name Bennington.
- — Asa Mosher built the first grist and saw mill to serve the area's settlers on the Whetstone, in what is now neighboring Cardington township.
- — Thomas Hance, who kept the township's first store and its first carding mill (built that year, a two-story frame building), sets up shop two miles north of Pagetown.
- — Pagetown is laid out under Marcus and Dr. Samuel Page, with Marcus appointed the first postmaster; Isaac Page had owned the land before selling seven acres to Marcus in 1837 for the plat.
- — A village called Olmsteadville, honoring projector Francis C. Olmstead, is platted in the southern part of the township; it becomes known as Morton's Corners after Mr. Morton opens a store and secures a post office there.
- — Isaac P. Freeman builds the first structure at what becomes Marengo, a log cabin, followed two years later by a two-story frame store building stocked with about fifteen hundred dollars of goods.
- — A post office is secured and named Marengo, honoring Napoleon's 1800 victory over the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo.
- — Morrow County was organized from parts of Delaware, Marion, Knox and Richland counties, and Bennington Township (from Delaware County) became part of it.
- — Marengo is surveyed and platted into thirty lots by Robert L. Noe, its projector and proprietor; after the Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad is built through the town, further additions follow and business accelerates.
Stories
A Vermont name on the Ohio frontier
Like many townships platted in central Ohio in the 1810s, Bennington took its name from a New England hometown rather than from any feature of the land itself. One of the township's earliest settlers had come from Bennington, Vermont, and the name stuck when the township organized in 1817. The pattern repeats across Morrow County's sixteen townships: Lincoln for a Revolutionary War general, Franklin for Benjamin Franklin, Chester for a Pennsylvania county of origin. Bennington's naming reflects the same wave of transplanted New Englanders and Pennsylvanians who filled the Whetstone and Alum Creek valleys after the War of 1812.
A wildcat's skin and a lone cabin in the woods
Before the War of 1812, only one settler is known to have lived within Bennington Township's present bounds: John Rosecrans, a distant relative of the Civil War general, who built a small log cabin about half a mile north of what became Pagetown in 1811 and cleared just enough ground to keep the cabin safe from windstorms. Rosecrans and his wife had no children; he hunted the surrounding forest for miles, and one winter day in 1811-12, eight miles from home, he heard a strange sound overhead and looked up to see a huge wildcat crouched on a limb forty feet above him. He took deliberate aim and fired; the animal dropped, dying, within a few feet of where he stood. He had the mottled skin made into a cap, and wore it for years afterward -- one of the few personal details that survive of the township's sole pre-war settler.
Marengo takes its name from a Napoleonic battlefield
The village that grew up on Isaac P. Freeman's land in the township's northwest corner took shape slowly: a log cabin in 1843, a two-story frame store two years later, and only in 1847 a post office. When that post office was established, it was named Marengo -- not for any local feature, but in honor of Napoleon Bonaparte's 1800 victory over the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Italy, a name evidently chosen by settlers still steeped in Napoleonic-era history a generation on. Robert L. Noe bought Freeman's holdings and, in 1873, platted the town in earnest; the arrival of the Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad soon after turned the crossroads into the township's principal village, complete with a bank, two hotels, and, as the 1911 county history notes with evident local pride, a curfew bell that rang at seven o'clock, which 'the children seem to be very observant of.'
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · morrow.ohgenweb.org · archive.org · en.wikipedia.org · hmdb.org
Water
Del-Co's East Knox wellfield at Bryant and Lucerne Rds, Wayne Twp, about 5 miles WSW of Fredericktown The water here
- Del-co Water Company, Inc.100% of residentsOlentangy River, O'Shaughnessy and Alum Creek reservoirs, plus Knox County wells
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Bennington Township, Morrow County's boundary: 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 2 poor-rated bridges, 1 public charging site, 1 shale or injection well, 1 Toxics Release Inventory facility and 8 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Nursing homes (1)
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Bennington Glen Nursing & Rehabilitation Center3 of 5 stars · Marengo
- Address
- 825 State Route 61, Marengo, OH 43334
- Certified beds
- 79
- Residents on an average day
- 71
- Medicare overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 4 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 1 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 3 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- FOUNDATIONS HEALTH SOLUTIONS
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (419) 253-0144
- Medicare ID
- 366194
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Big Walnut Joint Fire DistrictMarengo
- Address
- 4600 State Route 229, Marengo, OH 43334
- Coordinates
- 40.40130, -82.79891
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Bridges rated poor (2)
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Cr206 over Trib.s.branch Kokosing RPoor · built 1979
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1979
- Length
- 11 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 205
- Coordinates
- 40.41646, -82.73904
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Tr215 over Big Walnut CreekPoor · built 1884
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1884
- Length
- 18 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 78
- Coordinates
- 40.37333, -82.81167
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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.
Public EV charging (1)
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Pilot Travel Center 455 DC fast4 DC fast · Marengo
- Address
- 488 State Route 61, Marengo, OH 43334
- Ports
- 4 DC fast
- Plugs
- CCS
- Network
- eVgo Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 877-455-3833
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.
Shale and injection wells (1)
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Fishburn {Swiw #45} 1 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- Eos Energy Llc
- County
- Morrow County
- API well number
- 34117233880000
- Coordinates
- 40.39961, -82.77339
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (1)
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Renergy IncToxics Release Inventory · Marengo
- Address
- 461 State Rte 61, Marengo, OH 43334
- County
- Morrow County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
- EPA program ID
- TRI_OFFSITE_1702
- EPA registry ID
- 110070690644
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.
Spills reported since 2021 (8)
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-09-16 · Bennington Twp
- Reported
- 2025-09-16
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 75 gallons
- Where
- Bennington Twp, Morrow County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2509EPA0001556
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Brine Oil And Gas Related2024-09-03 · Bennington Twp
- Reported
- 2024-09-03
- What spilled
- Brine Oil And Gas Related
- Where
- Bennington Twp, Morrow County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2409EPA0001511
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2024-03-21 · Bennington Twp
- Reported
- 2024-03-21
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 50 gallons
- Where
- Bennington Twp, Morrow County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2403EPA0000445
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)2023-11-22 · Bennington Twp
- Reported
- 2023-11-22
- What spilled
- Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)
- Where
- Bennington Twp, Morrow County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2311EPA0001973
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Crude2021-07-08 · Bennington Twp
- Reported
- 2021-07-08
- What spilled
- Oil Crude
- Where
- Bennington Twp, Morrow County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2107EPA0001020
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Crude2021-07-07 · Bennington Twp
- Reported
- 2021-07-07
- What spilled
- Oil Crude
- Where
- Bennington Twp, Morrow County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2107EPA0001009
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Asphalt / Bitumen2021-01-27 · Bennington Twp
- Reported
- 2021-01-27
- What spilled
- Asphalt / Bitumen
- Largest amount reported
- 500 gallons
- Where
- Bennington Twp, Morrow County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2101EPA0000119
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Crude2026-02-18 · Bennington Twp
- Reported
- 2026-02-18
- What spilled
- Oil Crude
- Largest amount reported
- 42 gallons
- Where
- Bennington Twp, Morrow County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2602EPA0000197
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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 Bennington Township, Morrow County, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43334 Bennington Township and Marengo | 44% | Del-Co's East Knox wellfield at Bryant and Lucerne Rds, Wayne Twp, about 5 miles WSW of Fredericktown | 6.4 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1993 | Highland Local · 4 stars overall | 1.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Bennington Township, Morrow County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Who holds office
| Office | Name | Party | Term ends | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiscal Officer | Shelly Adkins | 2028-03-31 | 419-560-2325 1690 TWP RD 220, MARENGO, OH 43334 | |
| Trustee | Steve Lewis | 2027-12-31 | 419-560-0141 4119 TWP RD 21, MARENGO, OH 43334 | |
| Trustee | Randy L. Steck | 2029-12-31 | 419-253-3107 4775 ST RT 229, MARENGO, OH 43334 | |
| Trustee | Enoch L. Adkins, Sr. | 2029-12-31 | 419-253-4451 5460 TWP RD 21, MARENGO, OH 43334 |
Roster as of 2026-01-01: county board of elections.
Money issues on the ballot since 2018: 4 of 4 passed.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-05 | Issue 06: Bennington Township Renewal, General Road Construction, 2.0 Mills, 3 Years (2.0 mills, renewal) | 914 | 757 | Passed (54.7% for) |
| 2024-11-05 | Issue 07: Local Liquor Option by Petition, Bennington Twp W | 640 | 272 | Passed (70.18% for) |
| 2020-11-03 | Issue: Bennington Township (Renewal, maintaining and operating cemeteries | 887 | 728 | Passed (54.92% for) |
| 2020-11-03 | Issue: Bennington Township (Renewal, general construction 2 Mills 3 Yrs) (2.0 mills, renewal) | 1,083 | 538 | Passed (66.81% for) |
| 2020-03-17 | Issue: Bennington Twp West Local Liquor Option (Wine/Mixed Bev and spirituous | 251 | 101 | Passed (71.31% for) |
| 2020-03-17 | Issue: Bennington Twp West Local Liquor Option (Sunday Sales) | 220 | 129 | Passed (63.04% for) |
| 2018-05-08 | Issue: Bennington Twp (Roads Renewal. 2 Mills 3 Yrs) (2.0 mills, renewal) | 316 | 185 | Passed (63.07% for) |
| 2017-11-07 | Issue: Bennington Township Revitalization District Local Option | 539 | 425 | Passed (55.91% for) |
| 2017-11-07 | Issue: Bennington West Local Option (Wine Mixed Beverages) | 316 | 214 | Passed (59.62% for) |
| 2017-11-07 | Issue: Bennington Township West Local Option (Sunday Sales) | 294 | 236 | Passed (55.47% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Trustee | Enoch L. Adkins, Sr. 392, 34.94%; Steve L. Serio 261, 23.26%; Randy Steck 469, 41.8% |
| 2023-11-07 | FISCAL OFFICER | Shelly Adkins 635, 61.77%; Jill R. Hunter 393, 38.23% |
| 2019-11-05 | Trustee (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) | Aric D. Hornsby 141, 20.7%; Steve Lewis 301, 44.2%; Steve Serio 239, 35.1% |
| 2019-11-05 | Fiscal Officer | Jill R. Hunter 568, 100.0% |
| 2017-11-07 | Trustee (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) | Enoch L. Adkins, Sr. 410, 28.55%; Alan Grossman 201, 14.0%; Steve Serio 367, 25.56%; Randy Steck 458, 31.89% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
The county
Morrow County: 8 ZIP codes, 17 cities, villages and townships, 26,386 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Bennington Township, Ohio in?
Bennington Township, Morrow County is a township in Morrow County, Ohio, with 3,014 residents.
When was Bennington Township, Ohio founded?
Bennington Township, Morrow County was settled shortly after the War of 1812 (1812-1815); incorporated organized as a township in 1817. Source
How did Bennington Township, Ohio get its name?
Named for Bennington, Vermont, the native home of one of the township's first settlers. Source
What ZIP code is Bennington Township, Ohio?
Most of Bennington Township, Morrow County is in ZIP code 43334.
Where does Bennington Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Bennington Township, Morrow County (Del-co Water Company, Inc.): Del-Co's East Knox wellfield at Bryant and Lucerne Rds, Wayne Twp, about 5 miles WSW of Fredericktown.
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