Local events in Knox Township, Jefferson County
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How Knox Township, Jefferson County began
Knox Township, in the far north of Jefferson County along the Ohio River, was settled from 1796 onward; James Alexander arrived that year, followed by Isaac White (1798), James McCoy (1799), and Baltzer Culp and Michael Myers Sr., both in 1800. Myers, a Revolutionary War veteran and former Indian scout who had received a federal land grant, ran a ferry across the Ohio and kept a hotel in a large stone house on the river's west bank for at least forty years -- the same Myers whose land later became the town of Newburg's Landing, renamed Sloane's Station and finally Toronto. The township grew several small communities, including Knoxville, McCoy's Station, New Somerset, Elliottsville and Hammondsville, and by 1880 supported fire-brick and terra cotta works and the Tunnel Grist Mills on Yellow Creek.
Settled 1796 (James Alexander), platted not applicable (township, not platted as a town), incorporated date not found in sources reviewed, by Jefferson County Commissioners.
Where the name comes from
Almost certainly named for Henry Knox, Revolutionary War general and the first U.S. Secretary of War, a common namesake for Ohio townships and counties of this era; the source consulted does not state the naming rationale explicitly.
Before the town
No source reviewed records a specific Native American village, mound or documented encounter within Knox Township, though Michael Myers Sr., one of its earliest settlers (1800), was himself a Revolutionary War veteran who had served as an Indian scout and received his land as a federal grant for that service -- part of a wider pattern across Jefferson County of veteran-scouts settling land they had recently helped contest.
Nations recorded here: Lenape (Delaware), Shawnee, Wyandot.
Timeline
- — James Alexander settles in the township, its earliest documented settler.
- — Isaac White settles in the township.
- — James McCoy settles in the township, later namesake of McCoy's Station.
- — Baltzer Culp settles at New Somerset and Michael Myers Sr. settles in the township, establishing a Ohio River ferry and a stone hotel he runs for at least forty years.
- — John Johnson settles in the township.
- — Henry Boyle lays out Knoxville in March, and Baltzer Culp lays out New Somerset in February, both in the township's interior.
- — Lewis K. McCoy lays out McCoy's Station (originally 'Shanghai'), which by later name changes becomes the village of Empire, on the Ohio River at the mouth of Jeremy's Run; Empire is covered separately.
Stories
A ferryman who scouted the same land he later farmed
Michael Myers Sr. settled in Knox Township in 1800, a Revolutionary War veteran who had served the U.S. Army as an Indian scout and received his land as a federal grant for that service. He built a large stone house on the Ohio River's west bank, ran a ferry, and kept a hotel there for at least four decades, becoming one of the township's most enduring fixtures. Myers's land grant near modern Toronto later passed to his heirs and eventually to John Depuy, who platted the settlement that grew into Newburg's Landing, then Sloane's Station, and finally Toronto -- so the same tract Myers had once helped clear of Native resistance as a young scout became, within a generation, the foundation of one of Jefferson County's larger river towns.
Local history sources: ohiogenealogyexpress.com · torontooh.gov · archive.org · archive.org
Water
Ohio River intake serving the city's water treatment plant on the riverfront in Toronto The water here
- Toronto75% of residentsOhio River
- Jefferson Co. W and S District - M24% of residentsOhio River
- Wintersville Village0% of residentsOhio River
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Knox Township, Jefferson County's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station, 1 high-hazard dam, 2 poor-rated bridges and 5 shale and injection wells. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Knoxville Volunteer Fire DepartmentToronto
- Address
- 15447 State Highway 152, Toronto, OH 43964
- Coordinates
- 40.49178, -80.68435
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.
High-hazard dams (1)
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Lake Austin DamTown Fork · condition: satisfactory
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Satisfactory (assessed 03/26/2025)
- River or stream
- Town Fork
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 39 ft
- Storage
- 1,748 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1947
- Owner type
- Private
- County
- Jefferson County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Hammondsville
- Last inspection
- 05/09/2024
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH00707
National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, August 2026. "High hazard" rates what a failure would cost downstream, not how likely one is; the condition is the state's assessment.
Bridges rated poor (2)
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Know Twp Rd 289 over Yellow CreekPoor · built 1901
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1901
- Length
- 32 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 209
- Coordinates
- 40.51400, -80.73631
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Knox Twp Rd 246 over Croxton RunPoor · built 1920
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1920
- Length
- 15 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 79
- Coordinates
- 40.48144, -80.62869
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.
Shale and injection wells (5)
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Brand 32-8-2 1HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Jefferson County
- API well number
- 34081206290000
- Coordinates
- 40.48776, -80.73359
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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Hm Yoder 33-8-2 1HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Jefferson County
- API well number
- 34081208300000
- Coordinates
- 40.50930, -80.73488
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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Hm Yoder 33-8-2 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Jefferson County
- API well number
- 34081208310000
- Coordinates
- 40.50935, -80.73489
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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Hm Yoder 33-8-2 5HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Jefferson County
- API well number
- 34081208320000
- Coordinates
- 40.50940, -80.73490
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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Whitehill 10-8-2 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Jefferson County
- API well number
- 34081205950000
- Coordinates
- 40.52178, -80.66504
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.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Knox Township, Jefferson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43964 Toronto | 19% | Ohio River intake serving the city's water treatment plant on the riverfront in Toronto | 6.5 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1956 | Toronto City · 3 stars overall | 1.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43932 Saline Township and Irondale | 8% | Mostly private wells | 9.7 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1950 | Edison Local · 4 stars overall | 6.4% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43944 Salem Township and Richmond | 1% | Mostly private wells | 6.0 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1967 | Edison Local · 4 stars overall | 0.1% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Knox Township, Jefferson County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Money issues on the ballot since 2020: 6 of 8 passed.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-05 | Issue 21: KNOX TWP CEMETERIES .25 MILLS (0.25 mills) | 931 | 905 | Passed (50.71% for), unofficial |
| 2024-11-05 | Issue 22: KNOX TWP UNINCORP ROADS 1.5 MILS (1.5 mills) | 503 | 430 | Passed (53.91% for), unofficial |
| 2024-03-19 | Issue 1: KNOX TWP CURRENT EXPENSES 5 MILLS (5.0 mills) | 295 | 346 | Failed (46.02% for) |
| 2023-11-07 | Issue 4: Knox Twp Current Exp | 524 | 612 | Failed (46.13% for) |
| 2022-11-08 | Issue 20: KNOX TWP ROADS | 408 | 306 | Passed (57.14% for) |
| 2022-11-08 | Issue 21: KNOX TWP CURRENT EXP | 447 | 265 | Passed (62.78% for) |
| 2021-11-02 | Issue 20: Knox Twp property Tax .5 Mill roads and bridges (0.5 mills) | 192 | 79 | Passed (70.85% for) |
| 2020-11-03 | Issue 16: Knox Twp Unincorp-Renewal-Roads & Bridges-1.5 mills (1.5 mills, renewal) | 636 | 345 | Passed (64.83% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | Trustee | Donnie Elder 574, 56.72%; Wayne Elverd 438, 43.28% |
| 2023-11-07 | Fiscal Officer | Roxanne S. Mazur 773, 100.0% |
| 2021-11-02 | Trustee | Rob Herron 290, 42.52%; Mike Swickard 392, 57.48% |
| 2019-11-05 | Trustee (unofficial count) | Joe Adamovich 610, 70.77%; Wayne Elverd 252, 29.23% |
| 2019-11-05 | Fiscal Officer (unofficial count) | Thomas C. Cattrell 679, 100.0% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Agreed Upon Procedures, 2024 to 2025, released 2026-09-08
- Agreed Upon Procedures, 2022 to 2023, released 2024-07-16
The county
Jefferson County: 21 ZIP codes, 33 cities, villages and townships, 67,859 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Knox Township, Ohio in?
Knox Township, Jefferson County is a township in Jefferson County, Ohio, with 1,811 residents.
When was Knox Township, Ohio founded?
Knox Township, Jefferson County was settled 1796 (James Alexander); laid out not applicable (township, not platted as a town); incorporated date not found in sources reviewed. Founders on record: Jefferson County Commissioners. Source
How did Knox Township, Ohio get its name?
Almost certainly named for Henry Knox, Revolutionary War general and the first U.S. Source
What ZIP code is Knox Township, Ohio?
Knox Township, Jefferson County is served by ZIP codes 43964 and 43932; 43964 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Knox Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Knox Township, Jefferson County (Toronto): Ohio River intake serving the city's water treatment plant on the riverfront in Toronto.
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