Local events in Madison Township, Guernsey County
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How Madison Township, Guernsey County began
Madison Township, second from the northern and eastern lines of Guernsey County, held its first election on July 28, 1810, at Absalom Martin's house; until 1816 it also took in the land that became Jefferson Township. Edward Bratton, its first settler, pitched his tent in 1805 at the site of Winchester, where five Native families were then living nearby. Its two villages are Antrim, on the old Cambridge-to-Steubenville road, and Winchester, platted in 1836. At Antrim, Madison College grew from eight students in a log cabin about 1835 to a brick college that admitted women and men, before it collapsed at the start of the Civil War.
Settled 1805 (Edward Bratton, at the site of Winchester), incorporated first township election July 28, 1810, by officers elected at the house of Absalom Martin.
Where the name comes from
No source consulted explains the name. The township was organized in July 1810, while James Madison was president, but none of the 1882, 1895 or 1911 county histories says it was named for him.
Before the town
When Edward Bratton settled at the site of Winchester in 1805, the county histories record five Native families living in the vicinity: two brothers known as Jim and Bill Lyons, whose huts stood up the creek bottom; Joseph Sky, at the mouth of Brushy Fork near the later Linn's mill; a man named Doubty, with a hut between the later Culbertson and Newman Lake farms; and a man named Hunter. The histories do not name their nation. A settler descendant also recalled that when his grandfather bought land here in 1809 several tribes lived nearby. Bratton reached the site along the trail of General Brodhead's 1781 expedition from Wheeling on the Coshocton campaign against the Indians, which entered the site of Antrim, ran along the ridge and then turned west along the old Newcomerstown road. Joseph Sky's place at Linn's mill may lie in present Jefferson Township, since the histories place that mill there.
- Five Native households near Winchester (Lyons brothers, Joseph Sky, Doubty, Hunter) (village) — vicinity of Winchester and the creek bottoms nearby; Sky at the mouth of Brushy Fork, 1805 (ohiogenealogyexpress.com)
- Trail of Brodhead's 1781 expedition (trail) — through the site of Antrim near the old Madison College building, along the ridge, then west on the old Newcomerstown road, 1781 (archive.org)
Timeline
- — Edward Bratton married and followed Brodhead's old trail and the government road to the site of Winchester, where he pitched his tent; his nearest white neighbors were the Carpenters near Londonderry and the Beattys at Cambridge.
- — Nathan Huffman's grandfather bought land in the township at a time when, the family recalled, several tribes of Indians lived nearby.
- — A meeting was held at the house of Absalom Martin on July 28 to elect Madison Township's first officers, as Guernsey County itself was being organized from parts of Belmont and Muskingum counties.
- — On June 3 the county commissioners created Jefferson Township from the west of Madison and Londonderry Township from parts of Madison and Oxford.
- — Antrim was laid out by A. Alexander, who platted twenty-four lots on both sides of the old Cambridge-to-Steubenville road, according to the 1882 history; the 1911 history dates the plat to March 1, 1830.
- — William Risk, Antrim's first blacksmith, settled there, and Rev. Mr. Riddle, an Associate Presbyterian and the township's first preacher, came to the neighborhood.
- — Dr. Findley enrolled eight boys and young men and taught them in his log cabin at Antrim, the beginning of Madison College; the histories give the year as 1835 or 1836.
- — Isaac Bonnell platted Winchester on August 18, on section 14.
- — The township had 1,569 residents; by 1880 it had 1,160.
- — Madison College advertised its November session at ten dollars tuition and assured readers that Antrim was not unhealthy, as rumor had it.
- — In July the Union column pursuing Morgan's raiders halted at Winchester in the night and regrouped at Antrim before riding on toward Londonderry.
Stories
Madison College at Antrim
When the township was organized, sections 1, 2, 9 and 10 were reserved as school lands, leased to settlers and later sold, and A. Alexander bought a quarter of section 10 and laid out Antrim on it. Dr. Findley bought the land to the west and, in May of 1835 or 1836, began teaching eight boys and young men in his log cabin. The neighborhood gave money, materials and labor for a two-story brick building at the east end of the village, built by David White, and the school took the name Madison College, with Findley as president. In 1846 Rev. Samuel Mehaffey, the local Old School Presbyterian pastor, became president, and the 1882 history blames the practice of making the pastor president for the college's decline. Under a new charter and Rev. Samuel Findley Jr. it admitted women as well as men, and it borrowed to put up a larger building over local opposition. With creditors pressing and the Civil War beginning, the college closed and never reopened.
Edward Bratton, the first settler
Edward Bratton was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, in 1784 and crossed the Ohio at Wheeling with his father in December 1799. As a young man he split rails at fifty cents a hundred for Joseph Wright, who needed pens to keep his stock from wolves and bears. In 1805 he married and followed the old trail of Brodhead's 1781 expedition to the site of Antrim, then the government road toward Zane's crossing, and camped at the site of Winchester. For years he took his grain thirty-four miles, to a mill four miles northeast of St. Clairsville, until a horse mill was built at Morristown. He later took over the land entry of his neighbor Martin Stull, who died the spring after he arrived, and he eventually moved to Jefferson Township.
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Water
Mostly private wells The water here
- Quaker City59% of residentsBarnesville Reservoirs #1, #2 & Slope Creek Reservoir
- Freeport Village41% of residentsGroundwater wells (5 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Madison Township, Guernsey County's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station, 1 private school, 2 poor-rated bridges, 24 shale and injection wells and 2 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Antrim Community Volunteer Fire DepartmentFreeport
- Address
- 20217 Cadiz Road, Freeport, OH 43973
- Coordinates
- 40.12266, -81.35559
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.
Private schools (1)
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Antrim Mennonite SchoolPrivate, conservative Christian · Freeport
- Address
- 20360 Cadiz Rd, Freeport, OH 43973
- Kind
- conservative Christian
- Students, 2023-24
- 77
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 8.5
- Students per teacher
- 9.05882
- Phone
- (740) 489-5161
- NCES private school ID
- A0902559
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Bridges rated poor (2)
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Township Rd 7659 over Brushy ForkPoor · built 1940
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1940
- Length
- 13 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 96
- Coordinates
- 40.10565, -81.39245
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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TR 8760 Hobbler Ln over StreamPoor · built 1930
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1930
- Length
- 9 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 96
- Coordinates
- 40.11595, -81.36897
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 (24)
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Ayers Se Mds Gr 6HUtica shale well · Drilling
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Status (ODNR)
- Drilling
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059247280000
- Coordinates
- 40.11281, -81.39425
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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Ayers Se Mds Gr 8HUtica shale well · Drilling
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Status (ODNR)
- Drilling
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059247290000
- Coordinates
- 40.11276, -81.39427
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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Ayers Sw Mds Gr 2HUtica shale well · Drilling
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Status (ODNR)
- Drilling
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059247260000
- Coordinates
- 40.11292, -81.39421
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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Ayers Sw Mds Gr 4HUtica shale well · Drilling
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Status (ODNR)
- Drilling
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059247270000
- Coordinates
- 40.11287, -81.39423
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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Groh 1-12HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059242060100
- Coordinates
- 40.11085, -81.37055
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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Kroby Ne Mds Gr 5HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059246030000
- Coordinates
- 40.12273, -81.36082
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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Kroby Ne Mds Gr 7HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059246040000
- Coordinates
- 40.12267, -81.36083
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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Kroby Nw Mds Gr 1HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059246010000
- Coordinates
- 40.12283, -81.36080
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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Kroby Nw Mds Gr 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059246020000
- Coordinates
- 40.12278, -81.36081
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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Lincoln S Mds Gr 6HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059245840000
- Coordinates
- 40.09396, -81.36029
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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Lincoln Se Mds Gr 8HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059245850000
- Coordinates
- 40.09390, -81.36029
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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Lincoln Sw Mds Gr 2HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059245820000
- Coordinates
- 40.09407, -81.36029
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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Lincoln Sw Mds Gr 4HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059245830000
- Coordinates
- 40.09401, -81.36029
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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Red Hill Farm Mds Gr 1HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059243690000
- Coordinates
- 40.12761, -81.34581
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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Red Hill Farm Mds Gr 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059243700000
- Coordinates
- 40.12754, -81.34577
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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Red Hill Farm Mds Gr 5HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059243410000
- Coordinates
- 40.12758, -81.34572
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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Red Hill Farm Se Mds Gr 10HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059245260000
- Coordinates
- 40.12759, -81.34561
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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Red Hill Farm Se Mds Gr 6HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059245230000
- Coordinates
- 40.12750, -81.34569
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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Red Hill Farm Se Mds Gr 8HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059245250000
- Coordinates
- 40.12754, -81.34565
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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Red Hill Farm Sw Mds Gr 4HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059245240000
- Coordinates
- 40.12745, -81.34574
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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Stella Se Mds Gr 6HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059246900000
- Coordinates
- 40.11595, -81.38197
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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Stella Se Mds Gr 8HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059246910000
- Coordinates
- 40.11600, -81.38196
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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Stella Sw Mds Gr 2HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059246890000
- Coordinates
- 40.11584, -81.38197
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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Stella Sw Mds Gr 4HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059246880000
- Coordinates
- 40.11589, -81.38197
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 (2)
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road) Reached water2024-04-02 · Madison Twp
- Reported
- 2024-04-02
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 100 gallons
- Reached a waterway
- 30 - Brushy Fork
- Where
- Madison Twp, Guernsey County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2404EPA0000511
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2024-03-27 · Madison Twp
- Reported
- 2024-03-27
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- Madison Twp, Guernsey County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2403EPA0000479
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 Madison Township, Guernsey 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 Madison Township, Guernsey County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Money issues on the ballot since 2022: 2 of 2 passed.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-08 | Issue: Madison Township Roads | 206 | 136 | Passed (60.23% for) |
| 2022-11-08 | Issue: Madison Township Fire | 272 | 79 | Passed (77.49% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Trustee | Christopher J Ayers 116, 41.73%; Corey Gray 91, 32.73%; James M. Horvath 71, 25.54% |
| 2023-11-07 | Trustee | Daniel J. St.Clair 229, 100.0% |
| 2023-11-07 | Fiscal Officer | Karen S. Horvath 200, 100.0% |
| 2017-11-07 | Fire Protection Renewal | FOR 198, 89.59%; AGAINST 23, 10.41% |
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, 2022 to 2023, released 2025-01-28
The county
Guernsey County: 14 ZIP codes, 32 cities, villages and townships, 39,085 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Madison Township, Ohio in?
Madison Township, Guernsey County is a township in Guernsey County, Ohio, with 961 residents.
When was Madison Township, Ohio founded?
Madison Township, Guernsey County was settled 1805 (Edward Bratton, at the site of Winchester); incorporated first township election July 28, 1810. Founders on record: officers elected at the house of Absalom Martin. Source
What ZIP code is Madison Township, Ohio?
Madison Township, Guernsey County is served by ZIP codes 43755, 43973, 43773, 43749 and 43778; 43755 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Madison Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Madison Township, Guernsey County (Quaker City): Mostly private wells.
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