Local events in Mad River Township, Clark County
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How Mad River Township, Clark County began
Mad River Township, in the southwestern part of Clark County along the Mad River, borders the county's most significant Native American site: Old Piqua (also spelled Peckuwe, Pekowi, or Picawey), the Shawnee town in neighboring Bethel Township where on August 8, 1780 about 970 Kentucky militia under General George Rogers Clark defeated some 450 Shawnee, Lenape, Wyandot, and Mingo warriors in the largest battle fought west of the Alleghenies during the Revolutionary War. The site, north of Enon, is distinct from the later city of Piqua in Miami County, which the surviving Shawnee founded afterward on the Great Miami River. The area also holds the Enon Mound, an Adena burial mound, and was crossed by an old Indian trail linking Old Piqua to Old Chillicothe. The village of Enon itself was platted in 1838 by Ezra Baker and Elnathan Corey and incorporated in 1850, on farmland settled by white families from the 1790s onward.
Settled pre-1798, platted 1838-05-19 (Enon), incorporated 1850-03-15 (Enon), by Ezra D. Baker and Elnathan Corey platted Enon.
Where the name comes from
The township is named for the Mad River, which forms its western boundary. The village of Enon within it takes its name from the biblical Aenon ('place of springs') near where John the Baptist baptized, chosen for the abundance of springs in the area.
Before the town
The county's central Native American site lies just across the township line: Old Piqua (Peckuwe/Pekowi/Picawey), north of Enon in neighboring Bethel Township, was a major Shawnee town on the Mad River, founded by two allied Shawnee divisions, the Peckuwe and Kispoko, and grew large enough with later Mingo, Wyandot and Lenape (Delaware) arrivals to be described as supporting several thousand people, with over 500 acres of corn under cultivation. An old Indian trail ran from Old Piqua to Old Chillicothe (the Shawnee towns near present Xenia and Chillicothe), and an 'Indian Spring' near present Enon, on the north side of Cox's Grove, was remembered by the township's own 1881 historian as 'once an Indian rendezvous, a regular camping-ground when on their hunting expeditions.' On August 8, 1780, George Rogers Clark led about 970 Kentucky militia against the town; after Clark's forces used artillery from bluffs above the settlement, the Shawnee under Chief Black Hoof and their allies were driven off, and the Americans burned the town and roughly 500 acres of corn. This defeat led the Shawnee to abandon the site and found a new town, also called Piqua (Peckuwe, anglicized), far to the northwest on the Great Miami River in present Miami County -- a different place from this Old Piqua, though the two are easily confused by name. The Knob Prairie Mound (also called the Enon Mound), an Adena conical burial mound about 40 feet high and covering over an acre, still stands in Enon and lay directly on Clark's line of march to the battle; the township's 1881 history records that some of Clark's mounted troops climbed it for a better view of the surrounding country before the fight. A water-system fact sheet for the area also names the Hopewell-period Campbell mounds as part of the area's pre-Shawnee occupation, though no other source we found describes their location or excavation in detail.
Nations recorded here: Shawnee, Lenape (Delaware), Wyandot, Mingo (Seneca-Cayuga), Adena culture, Hopewell culture.
- Old Piqua (Peckuwe / Pekowi / Picawey) (village|battle) — On the Mad River north of Enon, in neighboring Bethel Township, at the site of present George Rogers Clark Park, Destroyed August 8, 1780 (en.wikipedia.org)
- Battle of Piqua (battle) — Old Piqua, north of Enon in neighboring Bethel Township, along the Mad River, August 8, 1780 (en.wikipedia.org)
- Knob Prairie Mound (Enon Mound) (mound) — Village of Enon, Mad River Township, Adena culture (c. 800 BC - AD 100) (enonhistoricalsociety.com)
- Indian Spring (camp) — North side of Cox's Grove, near present Enon, Pre-1780s, used as a hunting rendezvous (archive.org)
- Piqua-to-Chillicothe trail (trail) — Crossing Mad River Township between Old Piqua and Old Chillicothe, Pre-1780s (archive.org)
Timeline
- — George Rogers Clark leads about 970 Kentucky militia against Old Piqua; after an artillery bombardment from the bluffs, the Shawnee under Chief Black Hoof and their Lenape, Wyandot and Mingo allies are driven off and the town and its cornfields are burned.
- — The first white settlers arrive in what becomes Mad River Township.
- — William Donnels builds the 'Hickory Tavern,' the township's first tavern, about a mile and a half west of the future village of Enon.
- — John and James Leffel erect a grist-mill at what becomes Snyder's Station, ending years of settlers having to travel two days to the nearest mills at Clifton or Harshman's.
- — A commemorative gathering is held at the 'Battleground of Old Piqua' marking 50 years since the battle.
- — A severe hurricane-force storm sweeps the township, destroying the house of Dr. Bessey near Enon and remaining a vivid memory for survivors decades later.
- — The site of Enon is platted by Ezra D. Baker and Elnathan Corey, on the Springfield & Dayton Turnpike; lots are approved June 18, 1838.
- — The village of Enon is incorporated.
- — The centennial of the Battle of Piqua is celebrated on the ground where it was fought.
Stories
The battle that emptied Old Piqua
By the 1770s, the Shawnee town the English called Piqua, or Peckuwe, stood on the Mad River north of present Enon, in what is now Bethel Township, a union of two Shawnee divisions grown large with Mingo, Wyandot and Lenape families who had joined them, its people farming several hundred acres of corn along the river bottoms. On August 8, 1780, General George Rogers Clark led close to a thousand Kentucky militia against the town in retaliation for earlier raids into Kentucky. Clark posted artillery on the bluffs above the settlement, an advantage the roughly 450 defenders under the Shawnee war leader Black Hoof could not overcome; after a day of fighting, the Shawnee and their allies withdrew, and Clark's men burned the town and its cornfields. It was, by most later estimates, the largest battle fought west of the Allegheny Mountains during the Revolutionary War. The Shawnee did not rebuild at this spot; they moved northwest to the Great Miami River and founded a new town, also called Piqua, that grew into the present city of Piqua in Miami County -- a place with the same name but no other connection to this battlefield, a distinction still worth making clearly. A hundred years later, in August 1880, area residents gathered on the old battleground to mark the battle's centennial.
A hundred years of highway, from footpath to turnpike
The man who wrote Mad River Township's chapter for the 1881 county history, Daniel Baker, opened by noting that a hundred years before his writing, the only road through the township was the Indian trail linking Old Piqua to Old Chillicothe, a path wide enough for one person or one horse walking single file, winding around hills and swamps to the shallow places where a river could be forded. By the time he wrote, that same stretch of country carried the macadamized Springfield & Dayton Turnpike, along which the village of Enon had been laid out in 1838, and the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio and other railroads ran along the township's western edge. Baker also recorded a local landmark from an even older period: the Knob Prairie Mound, a cone-shaped earthwork already ancient and unexplained in his own time, built by people he called simply 'Mound-Builders,' which stood in the path of Clark's advance to the 1780 battle and gave his mounted troops, so local memory held, a lookout point on their march.
Photographs
Photo: Nyttend, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nyttend, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nyttend, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · enon-oh.gov · en.wikipedia.org · archive.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · enonhistoricalsociety.com
Historic places
1 place in Mad River Township, Clark County on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Old Enon Road Stone Arch CulvertStructure · Enon · listed 2009
- Address
- Rocky Pt. Rd. approx. 185 ft. W. of Old Mill Rd.
- Where
- Enon, Clark County · ZIP 45502
- What it is
- Structure
- Listed on the National Register
- 2009
- NRIS reference number
- 09000209
- Coordinates
- 39.86963, -83.87934
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.
Water
Groundwater wells (4 wells) The water here
- Fairborn Public Water System29% of residentsMad River Buried Valley Aquifer (Mad River Well Field, wells)
- Enon Village27% of residentsGroundwater wells (4 wells)
- Clark County Green Meadows 222% of residentsGroundwater wells (4 wells)
- Springfield City13% of residentsMad River Buried Valley Aquifer (12 wells)
- Clark County Northridge4% of residentsMad River Buried Valley Aquifer (12 wells)
- Clark County Lawrenceville1% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Greene County - northwest Reg Water1% of residentsLittle Miami River Buried Valley Aquifer (2 wellfields, Beavercreek area)
- Chateau Estates MHP1% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Yellow Springs Village1% of residentsGroundwater wells (4 wells)
- North Hampton Village1% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Greene County - Fairborn0% of residentsMad River Buried Valley Aquifer (Mad River Well Field, wells)
- Rolling Terrace MHP0% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Wright State University0% of residentsGreat Miami/Mad River Buried Valley Aquifer (campus wells, Greene Co.)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Mad River Township, Clark County's boundary: 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 2 Superfund sites, 1 Toxics Release Inventory facility and 16 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Nursing homes (1)
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Dayspring of Miami Valley Hlth Care Center & Rehab5 of 5 stars · Fairborn
- Address
- 8001 Dayton Springfield Road, Fairborn, OH 45324
- Certified beds
- 133
- Residents on an average day
- 124
- Medicare overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 5 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- CARESPRING
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (937) 864-2595
- Medicare ID
- 366151
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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Hustead Emergency ServicesSpringfield
- Address
- 6215 Springfield Xenia Road, Springfield, OH 45502
- Coordinates
- 39.83677, -83.86650
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.
Superfund sites (2)
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Enon Mercury SpillSuperfund program · Enon
- Address
- 3704 Marion Dr, Enon, OH 45323
- County
- Clark County
- Status
- Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
- EPA program ID
- OHN000507788
- EPA registry ID
- 110070124559
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Ginger Avenue Mercury SpillSuperfund program · Enon
- Address
- 6788 Ginger Avenue, Enon, OH 45323
- County
- Clark County
- Status
- Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
- EPA program ID
- OHN000508206
- EPA registry ID
- 110009323543
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Superfund (SEMS) and National Priorities List sites. Many program sites were assessed and needed no cleanup.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (1)
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Seepex, Inc.Toxics Release Inventory · Enon
- Address
- 511 Speedway Dr, Enon, OH 45323
- County
- Clark County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
- EPA program ID
- 4532WSPXNC511SP
- EPA registry ID
- 110045987018
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 (16)
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2025-12-24 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2025-12-24
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Largest amount reported
- 130 gallons
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Clark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2512EPA0002048
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Paint Nos / Lacquer (Not Specified)2025-05-29 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2025-05-29
- What spilled
- Paint Nos / Lacquer (Not Specified)
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Clark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2505EPA0000861
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-05-02 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2025-05-02
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 200 gallons
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Clark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2505EPA0000679
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-04-24 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2025-04-24
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 100 gallons
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Clark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2504EPA0000631
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2025-03-28 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2025-03-28
- What spilled
- Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
- Largest amount reported
- 30 gallons
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Montgomery County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2503EPA0000451
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-01-09 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2025-01-09
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 50 gallons
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Clark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2501EPA0000031
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sewage Human Reached water2023-04-12 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2023-04-12
- What spilled
- Sewage Human
- Reached a waterway
- 12 - Smith Ditch
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Clark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2304EPA0000573
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-04-07 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2023-04-07
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 35 gallons
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Clark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2304EPA0000532
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-11-11 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2022-11-11
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 75 gallons
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Clark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2211EPA0001682
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2022-06-24 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2022-06-24
- What spilled
- Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
- Largest amount reported
- 250 gallons
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Clark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2206EPA0000958
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2022-03-01 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2022-03-01
- What spilled
- Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Clark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2203EPA0000257
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2022-02-26 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2022-02-26
- What spilled
- Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Clark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2202EPA0000249
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2021-08-14 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2021-08-14
- What spilled
- Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
- Largest amount reported
- 20 gallons
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Clark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2108EPA0001254
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-04-06 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2021-04-06
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Clark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2104EPA0000469
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon2026-02-17 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2026-02-17
- What spilled
- Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Clark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2602EPA0000188
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-01-15 · Mad River Twp
- Reported
- 2026-01-15
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 60 gallons
- Where
- Mad River Twp, Clark County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2601EPA0000053
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 Mad River Township, Clark 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 Mad River Township, Clark County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Money issues on the ballot since 2018: 4 of 4 passed.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-04 | Issue: Mad River Twp Fire | 621 | 276 | Passed (69.23% for) |
| 2021-05-04 | Issue: Mad River Twp EMS | 627 | 267 | Passed (70.13% for) |
| 2020-03-17 | Issue 1: Mad River Twp | 1,348 | 521 | Passed (72.12% for) |
| 2018-11-06 | Issue 19: Mad River Township Streets | 2,458 | 1,342 | Passed (64.68% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-05 | Township Trustee | Todd A. Pettit 1,322, 54.09%; Kathy Estep 1,122, 45.91% |
| 2019-11-05 | Township Fiscal Officer | David J. Rudy 1,775, 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.
- Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2026-06-23
The county
Clark County: 15 ZIP codes, 19 cities, villages and townships, 135,514 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Mad River Township, Ohio in?
Mad River Township, Clark County is a township in Clark County, Ohio, with 8,508 residents.
When was Mad River Township, Ohio founded?
Mad River Township, Clark County was settled pre-1798; laid out 1838-05-19 (Enon); incorporated 1850-03-15 (Enon). Founders on record: Ezra D. Baker and Elnathan Corey platted Enon. Source
How did Mad River Township, Ohio get its name?
The township is named for the Mad River, which forms its western boundary. Source
What ZIP code is Mad River Township, Ohio?
Mad River Township, Clark County is served by ZIP codes 45323, 45502, 45324 and 45506; 45323 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Mad River Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Mad River Township, Clark County (Fairborn Public Water System): Groundwater wells (4 wells).
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