Local events in Monroe Township, Guernsey County
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Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.
How Monroe Township, Guernsey County began
Monroe Township, on the north line of Guernsey County, was cut from Jefferson Township in April 1818, with its first officers elected at Lawrence Tetrick's house. Its only platted village was New Birmingham, laid out in 1826 by William Carson on section 11 and re-platted for assessment on June 14, 1860; it had a post office and a few stores for years and by 1911 was, in Sarchet's words, an inland place of little business importance. Settlers came from New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ireland and farmed and raised stock, and a cyclone crossed the township in April 1890. It is a rural township of 730 people (2020) with the unincorporated community of Birmingham in its southeast.
Platted 1826 (New Birmingham, by William Carson; re-platted June 14, 1860), incorporated April 1818, by Set off from Jefferson Township; organizational election held at Lawrence Tetrick's residence.
Where the name comes from
Not found in sources checked; Monroe Township is one of twenty-two townships of that name in Ohio and was organized in 1818 during James Monroe's presidency, but neither Sarchet's 1911 history nor Wikipedia states the reason. New Birmingham's name is likewise unexplained.
Before the town
No site-specific Native American history for Monroe Township was found in the sources checked.
Timeline
- — Monroe Township was cut from the north end of Jefferson Township in April; the first township officers were elected at Lawrence Tetrick's house.
- — Samuel Virtue, born in Ireland in 1775 of Scotch-Irish stock, came to Monroe Township to farm after fifteen years in Ohio County, West Virginia, following his 1816 voyage to America.
- — William Carson platted New Birmingham on section 11, township 4, range 2; a post office and a few business houses followed.
- — Oakley Lanning moved into the township and became a prominent permanent citizen; Isaac M. Lanning (born New Jersey 1788) also settled in the township after losing his first Guernsey County land to a defective title, and served as justice of the peace for over twenty years.
- — New Birmingham was re-platted on June 14 for assessment purposes.
- — In the Civil War drafts of May and June 1864, Monroe Township supplied sixteen drafted men, as compiled on January 31, 1865.
- — Isaac M. Lanning died, a justice of the peace in Monroe Township for more than two decades.
- — A centennial-year census of the oldest residents found more than forty Monroe Township people aged seventy-six or more, among them the Moores, Littles, Colleys, Wornicks, Thompsons and Neils.
- — Dr. Rosmond of Birmingham was a charter member of the Guernsey County Academy of Medicine; an earlier Dr. Day had practiced at Birmingham.
- — A cyclone crossed the township from the southwest on a Saturday late in April, flattening barns and orchards on the Lytle, Thompson, Yarnell, Hollingsworth, Colley, George and Meek farms along Irish Ridge and Laurel Creek.
- — County assessors listed Monroe Township at 15,942 acres; Sarchet describes it as five miles square, well watered, and devoted to farming and stock raising.
- — Monroe Township had 730 residents on 25 square miles.
Stories
New Birmingham's two platting dates
William Carson laid out New Birmingham in 1826 on section 11, one of several small paper towns platted in Guernsey County's farm townships. A post office and a few business houses were kept up for years, and Dr. Day and later Dr. Rosmond practiced medicine there. On June 14, 1860, the village was re-platted for assessment purposes, a sign that the first plat and lot lines had grown unclear after thirty-four years. By 1911 Sarchet called it an inland place of little business importance, and today it survives as the unincorporated community of Birmingham in the township's southeast.
The cyclone of 1890
About four in the afternoon on a Saturday in late April 1890 the farmers of Monroe Township saw a small funnel-shaped cloud come at terrific speed from the southwest. It first leveled the barn and stable on the Lytle farm on Irish Ridge and crushed in one end of the brick house, then took timber and a steer on Commissioner John Thompson's farm. At Asbury George's place an addition to the house, the milk house, corn cribs and wagon shed were blown away along with six hogs, and a bureau was carried fifty yards. David Meek's buildings were unroofed and his orchard reduced to four trees. The Jeffersonian of May 1, 1890, wrote that the storm seemed to bound like a rubber ball, shaving wheat as with a scythe, along a path ten to twenty-five rods wide.
Photographs
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Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · archive.org · commons.wikimedia.org
Water
No water-system data is linked to Monroe Township, Guernsey County's ZIP codes yet.
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Monroe Township, Guernsey County's boundary: 2 poor-rated bridges and 1 shale or injection well. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Bridges rated poor (2)
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CR 870 Sligo Rd over Stream Clear ForkPoor · built 1941
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1941
- Length
- 15 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 78
- Coordinates
- 40.17552, -81.43241
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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TR 857 Sumac Rd over StreamPoor · built 1950
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1950
- Length
- 7 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 96
- Coordinates
- 40.18018, -81.51498
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 (1)
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Waldo E Mnr Gr 6HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Ascent Resources Utica Llc
- County
- Guernsey County
- API well number
- 34059245580000
- Coordinates
- 40.17450, -81.44858
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 Monroe Township, Guernsey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43749 Monroe Township and Kimbolton | 27% | Mostly private wells | 16.3 pCi/L average radon | Appraisal records without year built | Cambridge City · 2.5 stars overall | 6.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43837 Port Washington | 4% | Mostly private wells | 18.6 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1972 | Indian Valley Local · 4.5 stars overall | 2.8% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Monroe Township, Guernsey County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Money issues on the ballot since 2023: 1 of 1 passed.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | Issue: Monroe Township Fire | 152 | 72 | Passed (67.86% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Trustee | Douglas Keith Larrick 55, 52.38%; Toby Waggoner 50, 47.62% |
| 2024-03-19 | /Wheeling Central Comm Rep | Charles Blake 140, 100.0% |
| 2023-11-07 | Trustee | Virgil Quillin 181, 100.0% |
| 2023-11-07 | Fiscal Officer | Jerry Regula 184, 100.0% |
| 2020-03-17 | /Wheeling Central Committee Member (REP) | Charles E. Blake 109, 100.0% |
| 2020-03-17 | /Wheeling Central Committee Member (DEM) | Tommy H. Marvin 45, 100.0% |
| 2017-11-07 | Fire Protection Replacement | FOR 164, 78.85%; AGAINST 44, 21.15% |
| 2016-03-15 | /Wheeling Central Committee Member (REP) | No Valid Petition Filed 0 |
| 2016-03-15 | /Wheeling Central Committee Member (DEM) | No Valid Petition Filed 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.
- Basic Audit, 2022 to 2023, released 2024-12-31
The county
Guernsey County: 14 ZIP codes, 32 cities, villages and townships, 39,085 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Monroe Township, Ohio in?
Monroe Township, Guernsey County is a township in Guernsey County, Ohio, with 730 residents.
When was Monroe Township, Ohio founded?
Monroe Township, Guernsey County was laid out 1826 (New Birmingham, by William Carson; re-platted June 14, 1860); incorporated April 1818. Founders on record: Set off from Jefferson Township; organizational election held at Lawrence Tetrick's residence. Source
How did Monroe Township, Ohio get its name?
Not found in sources checked; Monroe Township is one of twenty-two townships of that name in Ohio and was organized in 1818 during James Monroe's presidency, but neither Sarchet's 1911 history nor Wikipedia states the reason. Source
What ZIP code is Monroe Township, Ohio?
Monroe Township, Guernsey County is served by ZIP codes 43749 and 43837; 43749 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Monroe Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Monroe Township, Guernsey County: Mostly private wells.
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