Local events in Fox Township, Carroll County
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How Fox Township, Carroll County began
Fox Township, the only Fox Township in Ohio, was taken from Columbiana County by the state legislature in 1832-33 and covers all of surveyed Township 13, Range 4 -- 23,040 acres. Its main village, Mechanicstown, was laid out in 1836 by Thomas McGavern and grew to about 200 residents with Methodist and Presbyterian churches by 1880; two smaller platted villages, Wattsville and Scroggsfield, also took root. On the morning of July 26, 1863, Confederate raiders under John Hunt Morgan crossed a Fox Township farm during the final days of Morgan's Raid, days before his surrender in nearby Columbiana County. Coal mining and two railroads, the Cleveland & Pittsburgh and the Wheeling & Lake Erie, shaped the township's economy into the 20th century; today it remains entirely unincorporated, home to about 970 people.
Incorporated 1832-1833, by Ohio legislature, taken from Columbiana County.
Where the name comes from
The township was taken from Columbiana County by the Ohio legislature in 1832-33; the 1921 county history gives no reason for the name Fox.
Before the town
No Native American village, mound or trail site specific to Fox Township was found in the sources checked. The township's land lay within the area ceded by the Delaware (Lenape) and Wyandot under the 1785 Treaty of Fort McIntosh, opened to American settlement after the 1795 Treaty of Greenville. Nothing more specific to this township was located.
Nations recorded here: Lenape (Delaware), Wyandot.
Timeline
- — Robert George settles near the site of Scroggsfield in 1808 or 1809, among the first settlers of the future Fox Township.
- — The Ohio legislature took Fox Township, all of surveyed Township 13, Range 4 (23,040 acres), from Columbiana County to form part of the new Carroll County.
- — The Centreville Record of October 24 prints a petition for a graded road from Thomas Sipilar's wood-yard in Jefferson County through Abraham Myer's mill to William Hoaten's in Fox Township, then still in Columbiana County, and on to the Ohio Canal.
- — Thomas McGavern plats Mechanicsburgh (Mechanicstown) on July 17, according to the 1921 list of village plats, which conflicts with the chapter's 1836.
- — Thomas McGavern laid out the village of Mechanicstown in the township's northwest.
- — David Watt platted the village of Wattsville, which grew to about 50 residents with saw mills and shops.
- — James Ferrell, an early county commissioner, killed what local histories record as the last wild deer in the area.
- — On the morning of July 26, Confederate cavalry under John Hunt Morgan crossed Fox Township, riding over Jonah Queen's farm during the closing days of Morgan's Raid.
- — Riley's Church is built on State Route 39.
- — Mechanicstown had grown to about 200 residents, with Methodist and Presbyterian churches.
- — The population is 1,210, falling to 1,149 in 1900 and 1,008 in 1910.
- — J. C. Dumbleton is commissioned postmaster at Mechanicstown on February 8; he is still in office fourteen years later.
- — The census counts 977 people in Fox Township.
Stories
The last morning of Morgan's Raid crossed Fox Township
By late July 1863, Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry had ridden more than 1,000 miles through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio in the deepest Confederate incursion into Union territory of the war, with Union cavalry closing in from several directions. On the morning of July 26, with only hours left before his surrender near West Point in neighboring Columbiana County, Morgan's column crossed Fox Township, passing over the farm of local resident Jonah Queen. It was a small, almost incidental crossing in a raid that was already ending, but it put Fox Township's fields, however briefly, in the path of the northernmost Confederate offensive of the Civil War.
A mechanic's town on the ridge road
Thomas McGavern platted Mechanicstown in 1836, and its name told visitors what the place was for: a service and trade stop for the farms around it rather than a mill town or a river landing. By 1880 it had grown to roughly 200 people and could support both a Methodist and a Presbyterian congregation, respectable for an unincorporated crossroads village. Two smaller neighbors, David Watt's Wattsville (platted 1838, with its own saw mills) and Scroggsfield, named for a pioneer missionary, filled out the township's other trade points, while Fox Township as a whole leaned increasingly on coal mining and its two railroads, the Cleveland & Pittsburgh and the Wheeling & Lake Erie, as the 19th century went on.
The lawyer who became a governor
Benjamin F. Potts, born in Fox Township, married Angeline Jackson, read law with Judge John Tripp at Carrollton, and was practising when the Civil War began. He raised a company for the Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, rose from captain to colonel and finally to brigadier general, and was elected state senator for the Stark-Carroll district, where he helped elect John Sherman to the United States Senate. Through Sherman's influence President Grant offered him the governorship of Montana Territory. The 1921 history says that Potts at first refused it, because adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment depended on his vote in the state senate, and accepted later. He died in Montana. His brother Wilson S. Potts was an editor of the Ohio Patriot. The 1921 history also records that the last wild deer killed in Carroll County fell about 1844 in Fox Township, shot by James Ferrell, one of the county's first commissioners, after a three-day chase from the north branch of Yellow Creek.
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · ohiogenealogyexpress.com · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · archive.org
Water
Mostly private wells The water here
- Buckeye Water District - Ohio River80% of residentsOhio River
- Carrollton Village19% of residentsGroundwater wells (10 wells)
- Rockwood Park0% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Fox Township, Carroll County's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station, 28 shale and injection wells and 1 spill case. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Fox Township Volunteer Fire DepartmentMechanicstown
- Address
- 7119 Salineville Road Northeast, Mechanicstown, OH 44651
- Coordinates
- 40.62031, -80.94903
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.
Shale and injection wells (28)
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Beadnell 12-13-4 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019224730000
- Coordinates
- 40.64249, -80.89571
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Beadnell 12-13-4 6HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019221660000
- Coordinates
- 40.64245, -80.89585
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Beadnell A 21-13-4 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019224560000
- Coordinates
- 40.59085, -80.93677
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Beadnell A 21-13-4 8HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019223720000
- Coordinates
- 40.59078, -80.93677
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Ctf 32-13-4 10Utica shale well · Drilling
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Status (ODNR)
- Drilling
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019226230000
- Coordinates
- 40.57373, -80.97170
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Ctf 32-13-4 1HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019226270000
- Coordinates
- 40.57369, -80.97189
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Ctf 32-13-4 205HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019226280000
- Coordinates
- 40.57364, -80.97161
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Ctf 32-13-4 210Utica shale well · Well drilled
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Status (ODNR)
- Well drilled
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019226240000
- Coordinates
- 40.57372, -80.97163
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Ctf 32-13-4 2HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019222900000
- Coordinates
- 40.57368, -80.97182
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Ctf 32-13-4 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019226260000
- Coordinates
- 40.57367, -80.97175
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Ctf 32-13-4 5HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019226250000
- Coordinates
- 40.57366, -80.97168
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Ctf 32-13-4 6HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019226220000
- Coordinates
- 40.57376, -80.97191
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Ctf 32-13-4 7HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019222600000
- Coordinates
- 40.57375, -80.97184
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Ctf 32-13-4 8HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019223040000
- Coordinates
- 40.57374, -80.97177
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Forcier 21-13-4 10HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019225930000
- Coordinates
- 40.59408, -80.92475
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Javersak A 23-13-4 10HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019223230000
- Coordinates
- 40.61940, -80.93701
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Javersak A 23-13-4 1HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019223260000
- Coordinates
- 40.61937, -80.93710
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Javersak A 23-13-4 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019223250000
- Coordinates
- 40.61943, -80.93709
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Jones A 33-13-4 10HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019224140000
- Coordinates
- 40.59974, -80.96927
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Jones A 33-13-4 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019224170000
- Coordinates
- 40.59978, -80.96940
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Kruprzak 17-13-4 10HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019225870000
- Coordinates
- 40.62246, -80.90549
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Kruprzak 17-13-4 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019222120100
- Coordinates
- 40.62247, -80.90563
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Kruprzak 17-13-4 6HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019225880000
- Coordinates
- 40.62239, -80.90560
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Kruprzak 17-13-4 8HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019222460000
- Coordinates
- 40.62243, -80.90555
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Lafferty 17-13-4 6HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019225060000
- Coordinates
- 40.61761, -80.91757
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Meister 11-13-4 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019221450000
- Coordinates
- 40.62781, -80.89522
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Starkey 36-13-4 5HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019221700000
- Coordinates
- 40.64137, -80.96982
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Starkey 36-13-4 8HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Carroll County
- API well number
- 34019221460000
- Coordinates
- 40.64131, -80.96979
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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 (1)
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-09-11 · Fox Twp
- Reported
- 2022-09-11
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road); Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
- Largest amount reported
- 10 gallons
- Where
- Fox Twp, Carroll County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2209EPA0001390
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 Fox Township, Carroll 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44651 Fox Township and Mechanicstown | 59% | Mostly private wells | 2.6 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1973 | Carrollton Exempted Village · 4 stars overall | 0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43945 Salineville | 13% | Mostly private wells | 15.5 pCi/L average radon | Appraisal records without year built | Southern Local · 3 stars overall | 0.4% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 44615 Carrollton | 1% | Mostly private wells | 7.9 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1969 | Carrollton Exempted Village · 4 stars overall | 1.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
The county
Carroll County: 7 ZIP codes, 15 cities, villages and townships, 19,207 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Fox Township, Ohio in?
Fox Township, Carroll County is a township in Carroll County, Ohio, with 970 residents.
When was Fox Township, Ohio founded?
Fox Township, Carroll County was incorporated 1832-1833. Founders on record: Ohio legislature, taken from Columbiana County. Source
How did Fox Township, Ohio get its name?
The township was taken from Columbiana County by the Ohio legislature in 1832-33; the 1921 county history gives no reason for the name Fox. Source
What ZIP code is Fox Township, Ohio?
Fox Township, Carroll County is served by ZIP codes 44651 and 43945; 44651 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Fox Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Fox Township, Carroll County (Buckeye Water District - Ohio River): Mostly private wells.
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