Local events in Knox Township, Vinton County
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How Knox Township, Vinton County began
Knox Township, in the east of Vinton County, was formed on December 2, 1850, from two tiers of sections of Lee Township, Athens County, and two of the old Brown Township, on a petition from David T. Benjamin and forty others. Wikipedia says it was named for General Henry Knox. Settled along Raccoon Creek by families like the Vaughns and Quicks, it was a rugged farm township with coal and iron unworked, two pioneer mills (Foster's, 1830, and Bolen's, about 1845), and a reputation for very large families. Population rose from 476 in 1860 to 947 in 1880 and was 541 in 2020.
Incorporated 1850-12-02, by formed on a petition of David T. Benjamin and forty others from two tiers of sections of Lee Township, Athens County, and two of the old Brown Township.
Where the name comes from
Wikipedia says the township was named for General Henry Knox.
Before the town
No Native American village, mound or trail specific to this place is recorded in the sources checked (the 1883 and 1916 county histories and Wikipedia). The land lay within the roughly two-thirds of Ohio opened to settlement by the Treaty of Greenville (1795).
Timeline
- — Joseph Vaughn, later an old settler of the township, is born in what is now Lee Township, Athens County, to David and Mary Vaughn; he settles in the Raccoon Valley as a young man.
- — On Hocking County's organization, the area of Knox and Madison remains Brown Township of Athens County.
- — The Foster Mills, a grist and sawmill combined, are built on Raccoon Creek on section 35.
- — William Bolen builds the old Bolen Mills on Raccoon Creek on section 32 and runs them until 1868, when they pass to Robert Skelly.
- — Knox Township is formed by order of the Vinton County commissioners from two tiers of sections of Lee Township, Athens County, and two of Brown Township.
- — Population is 476.
- — Population is 650.
- — The Foster Mills are thoroughly rebuilt as a three-story frame mill, 40 by 50 feet, with two sets of burrs and a sawmill.
- — The Bolen post office, the township's only one, is revived with John Stout as postmaster.
- — The United Brethren of the Harkins Chapel congregation, which had existed since 1870, divide and the United Brethren branch builds the chapel at a cost of about $1,300; Bethel Church on Raccoon Creek, started by a lodge of the Patrons of Husbandry, is completed by Methodists.
- — Population is 947; the township has seven schools valued at $1,200.
- — Population is 637.
- — Census population is 541.
Stories
108 descendants and a father of twenty-eight
Knox Township's own 1883 chronicler singled out the place for one distinction: its record for large families. An old man still living in the township was the father of twenty-eight children, and an old lady had 108 descendants counting children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Moses Quick, one of the earliest settlers, born in 1803, raised seventeen children there. Coal and iron were known to lie in the hills but not worked beyond a few local coal banks in the northeast, and the township's roughness, bluffs above Raccoon Creek with only a narrow bottom, left families to make what they could of it.
Two mills on one creek
Knox Township's two pioneer mills stood on Raccoon Creek a few sections apart. The Foster Mills, a combined grist and sawmill, went up in 1830 and were thoroughly rebuilt in 1872 as a three-story, 40-by-50-foot frame building, still turning two sets of burrs and a saw by water power. William Bolen's mill followed about 1845; he ran his two-story frame mill, with two sets of burrs and a sawmill, for over twenty years before selling to Robert Skelly in 1868, and put in a steam engine for times when the creek ran too low. The Bolen post office, the township's only one, took its name from the mill.
Local history sources: archive.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · archive.org
Water
Mostly private wells The water here
- Albany Village49% of residentsHocking River Valley aquifer (horizontal collector wells)
- Mcarthur, Village Of27% of residentsGroundwater wells (7 wells)
- Le-ax Regional Water District12% of residentsHocking River Valley aquifer (horizontal collector wells)
- Leading Creek Conservancy District11% of residentsGroundwater wells (4 wells)
- Zaleski Village1% of residentsGroundwater wells (3 wells)
- Ross County Water Co. Inc0% of residentsTeays Valley Aquifer (buried valley groundwater)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Knox Township, Vinton County's boundary: 13 shale and injection wells and 1 spill case. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Shale and injection wells (13)
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Ahmed/Ellis {Swiw # 8} 2 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- Kilbarger Investments Inc
- County
- Vinton County
- API well number
- 34163208850000
- Coordinates
- 39.20735, -82.27313
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Beckley Et Al {Swiw#10} 9 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- Kilbarger Investments Inc
- County
- Vinton County
- API well number
- 34163208830000
- Coordinates
- 39.22314, -82.28782
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Floyd & Mary Haning (Swiw #13) 6 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- J D Drilling Company
- County
- Vinton County
- API well number
- 34163208160000
- Coordinates
- 39.22919, -82.32803
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Keith Staneart {Erp#7} 2 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- Kilbarger Investments Inc
- County
- Vinton County
- API well number
- 34163208430000
- Coordinates
- 39.22303, -82.29691
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Laura Mcglaughlin {Swiw#6} 6 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- Kilbarger Investments Inc
- County
- Vinton County
- API well number
- 34163207050000
- Coordinates
- 39.24506, -82.32760
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Mccathren Velma {Erp #4} 1 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- J D Drilling Company
- County
- Vinton County
- API well number
- 34163203120000
- Coordinates
- 39.22147, -82.30644
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Mcvey {Swiw#9} 4 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- Kilbarger Investments Inc
- County
- Vinton County
- API well number
- 34163207560000
- Coordinates
- 39.23458, -82.27022
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Ploski (Erp #10) 9 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- Kilbarger Investments Inc
- County
- Vinton County
- API well number
- 34163207790000
- Coordinates
- 39.22335, -82.28438
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Ratliff {Swiw#11} 2 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- Kilbarger Investments Inc
- County
- Vinton County
- API well number
- 34163205410000
- Coordinates
- 39.23457, -82.30057
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Sabo {Erp#5} 1 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- Kilbarger Investments Inc
- County
- Vinton County
- API well number
- 34163207760000
- Coordinates
- 39.21771, -82.27804
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Sabo {Erp#9} 2 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- Kilbarger Investments Inc
- County
- Vinton County
- API well number
- 34163207570000
- Coordinates
- 39.21565, -82.27999
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Staneart Cecil {Erp#8} 6-C InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- Kilbarger Investments Inc
- County
- Vinton County
- API well number
- 34163208510000
- Coordinates
- 39.21603, -82.29649
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Tedrick (Swiw #12) 1-B InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- Kilbarger Investments Inc
- County
- Vinton County
- API well number
- 34163203370000
- Coordinates
- 39.22368, -82.31985
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.
Spills reported since 2021 (1)
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-03-04 · Knox Twp
- Reported
- 2025-03-04
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- Knox Twp, Vinton County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2503EPA0000292
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 Knox Township, Vinton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45766 Waterloo Township and New Marshfield | 6% | Mostly private wells | Too few radon tests | Median year built 1972 | Alexander Local · 3.5 stars overall | 0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 45710 Lee Township and Albany | 6% | Mostly private wells | 3.1 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1979 | Alexander Local · 3.5 stars overall | 0.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 45651 Mcarthur and Mc Arthur | 2% | Mostly private wells | 0.8 pCi/L average radon | Appraisal records without year built | Vinton County Local · 3 stars overall | No digital FEMA flood map for this county |
The county
Athens County: 16 ZIP codes, 29 cities, villages and townships, 67,237 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Knox Township, Ohio in?
Knox Township, Vinton County is a township in Athens County, Ohio, with 541 residents.
When was Knox Township, Ohio founded?
Knox Township, Vinton County was incorporated 1850-12-02. Founders on record: formed on a petition of David T. Benjamin and forty others from two tiers of sections of Lee Township, Athens County, and two of the old Brown Township. Source
How did Knox Township, Ohio get its name?
Wikipedia says the township was named for General Henry Knox. Source
What ZIP code is Knox Township, Ohio?
Knox Township, Vinton County is served by ZIP codes 45766, 45710 and 45651; 45766 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Knox Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Knox Township, Vinton County (Albany Village): Mostly private wells.
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