Monroe Township, Harrison County

Township · Tuscarawas County · 780 residents

Tuscarawas County

Local events in Monroe Township, Harrison County

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  1. TRIVIA NIGHT at Dover Library

    All day · Dover Public Library · Dover · 14 mi · From Tuscarawas County CVB (TravelTusc)

  2. JrH Wrestling @ Claymont

    9 a.m. to 2 p.m. · Claymont High School, 4205 Indian Hill Rd SE, Uhrichsville, OH 44683, USA · Uhrichsville · 5.0 mi · From Coshocton City School District

  3. V Swimming @ Dover Invite

    10 a.m. to 2 p.m. · Tuscarawas County YMCA, 600 Monroe St, Dover, OH 44622 · Dover · 12 mi · From Coshocton City School District

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Lakes near Monroe Township, Harrison County

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How Monroe Township, Harrison County began

Monroe Township occupies the northwestern corner of Harrison County. Its earliest documented settlers, William Baird (spelled Baun in the 1921 county history) and William Constable, arrived in 1801, well before the county's 1813 organization. The township contains the village of Bowerston in its northeast, which grew from mills built on Conotton Creek by brothers Barnhard and John Bower; the settlement was known successively as Bower's Mills, Bowersville, and finally Bowerston after an 1883 change dropped a letter. The rest of the township remains farmland.

Settled 1801.

Where the name comes from

Monroe Township is presumed named for President James Monroe, following the common Ohio pattern of naming townships for early presidents; no specific naming record is known.

Before the town

No Native American village, mound, or treaty boundary specific to the township is documented; the land was included in the general Ohio cessions of the 1780s-1790s (Treaty of Fort McIntosh, 1785, and Treaty of Greenville, 1795) before organized American settlement began, and it lay within range of Mingo, Delaware (Lenape), and Shawnee hunting and travel along the Ohio River tributaries.

Nations recorded here: Mingo (Seneca-Cayuga), Delaware (Lenape), Shawnee.

Timeline

  1. — William Baird and William Constable settle in Monroe Township, the earliest documented settlers named in the county's 1900 history; Jacob Easterday follows in 1811, John Bower in 1809, John Fry in 1813, and Bernard Bower in 1812.
  2. — Barnhard and John Bower rebuild an existing sawmill and gristmill on the south side of Conotton Creek.
  3. — The settlement, called Bower's Mills, is laid out.
  4. — Monroe Township is formed on March 24 with the other subdivisions of the county, taking its present boundary.
  5. — Bowerston is formally platted by David Bower, Henry Hoover, and Nathaniel Bower on August 21, filed in court the following year.
  6. — The village's name is changed to Bowerston.
  7. — The census counts 1,882 people in the township.
  8. — The township has 1,481 people.
  9. — The township has 1,479 people.
  10. — The township has 1,223 people, of whom about 500 live in Bowerston; the Pennsylvania lines have stations at Philadelphia Roads (Station Fifteen) and Bowerston, and the Wheeling & Lake Erie enters in section 27 at Bowerston.
  11. — The census counts 1,095 people in the township.

Stories

Mills on the Conotton

The first settlement in Monroe Township centred on Conotton Creek, whose rapid-running water the 1921 county history says still turned a flour mill at Bowerston. When Barnhard and John Bower came to the creek, a sawmill and a gristmill already stood on its south bank, and that in 1804 the brothers began to rebuild them. Hanna's settler roll records John Bower in the township in 1809 and Bernard Bower in 1812, so the dates do not agree. The mill site grew into Bower's Mills, laid out in 1816, then Bowersville and Bowerston, and the family's name stayed on the village. A biography in the 1921 history of a Bower family member who died on his Monroe Township farm in 1907 says plainly that Bowerston was named in honor of his family.

Local history sources: archive.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · archive.org · en.wikipedia.org

Water

Mostly private wells The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Monroe Township, Harrison County's boundary: 51 shale and injection wells and 4 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Shale and injection wells (51)

  1. Bowerston 21-13-6 106HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067214820000
    Coordinates
    40.42156, -81.16543

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  2. Bowerston 21-13-6 10HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067212980000
    Coordinates
    40.42158, -81.16534

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  3. Bowerston 21-13-6 110HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067214800000
    Coordinates
    40.42164, -81.16533

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  4. Bowerston 21-13-6 5HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067215260000
    Coordinates
    40.42142, -81.16536

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  5. Bowerston 21-13-6 6HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067213000000
    Coordinates
    40.42151, -81.16544

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  6. Bowerston 21-13-6 7HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067214830000
    Coordinates
    40.42145, -81.16544

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  7. Bowerston 21-13-6 8HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067212990000
    Coordinates
    40.42162, -81.16543

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  8. Bowerston 21-13-6 9HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067214810000
    Coordinates
    40.42153, -81.16535

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  9. Bowerston N 21-13-6 101HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067215960000
    Coordinates
    40.42134, -81.16545

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  10. Bowerston N 21-13-6 1HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067215970000
    Coordinates
    40.42129, -81.16546

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  11. Bowerston N 21-13-6 3HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067215950000
    Coordinates
    40.42131, -81.16537

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  12. Masters Hn Mon 10HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067216690000
    Coordinates
    40.39044, -81.17596

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  13. Masters Hn Mon 1HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067216630000
    Coordinates
    40.39014, -81.17542

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  14. Masters Hn Mon 205HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067216660000
    Coordinates
    40.39008, -81.17522

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  15. Masters Hn Mon 210HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067216700000
    Coordinates
    40.39042, -81.17589

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  16. Masters Hn Mon 3HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067216640000
    Coordinates
    40.39012, -81.17536

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  17. Masters Hn Mon 5HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067216650000
    Coordinates
    40.39010, -81.17529

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  18. Masters Hn Mon 6HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067216680000
    Coordinates
    40.39049, -81.17609

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  19. Masters Hn Mon 8HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067216670000
    Coordinates
    40.39046, -81.17602

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  20. Our Land Co 20-13-6 1HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067215550000
    Coordinates
    40.40815, -81.17139

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  21. Our Land Co 20-13-6 3HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067215540000
    Coordinates
    40.40818, -81.17131

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  22. Our Land Co 20-13-6 4HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067215280000
    Coordinates
    40.40807, -81.17136

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  23. Our Land Co 20-13-6 6HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067215570000
    Coordinates
    40.40821, -81.17141

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  24. Our Land Co 20-13-6 8HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067215560000
    Coordinates
    40.40823, -81.17132

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  25. Our Land Co 20-13-6 9HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067215270000
    Coordinates
    40.40806, -81.17127

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  26. Seifer Hn Mon 10HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067218630000
    Coordinates
    40.39140, -81.23482

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  27. Seifer Hn Mon 210HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067218640000
    Coordinates
    40.39145, -81.23479

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  28. Seifer Hn Mon 6HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067218610000
    Coordinates
    40.39130, -81.23489

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  29. Seifer Hn Mon 8HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067218620000
    Coordinates
    40.39135, -81.23486

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  30. Shc Enterprises Hn Mon 10HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217470000
    Coordinates
    40.41802, -81.21147

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  31. Shc Enterprises Hn Mon 1HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067218040000
    Coordinates
    40.41792, -81.21161

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  32. Shc Enterprises Hn Mon 205HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067218070000
    Coordinates
    40.41807, -81.21154

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  33. Shc Enterprises Hn Mon 3HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067218050000
    Coordinates
    40.41797, -81.21159

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  34. Shc Enterprises Hn Mon 4HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217440000
    Coordinates
    40.41787, -81.21154

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  35. Shc Enterprises Hn Mon 5HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067218060000
    Coordinates
    40.41802, -81.21156

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  36. Shc Enterprises Hn Mon 6HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217450000
    Coordinates
    40.41792, -81.21152

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  37. Shc Enterprises Hn Mon 8HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217460000
    Coordinates
    40.41797, -81.21149

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  38. Stocker Hn Mon 10HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217770000
    Coordinates
    40.38801, -81.24489

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  39. Stocker Hn Mon 1HHorizontal shale well
    What it is
    Horizontal shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217150000
    Coordinates
    40.38797, -81.24502

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  40. Stocker Hn Mon 205HHorizontal shale well
    What it is
    Horizontal shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217180000
    Coordinates
    40.38811, -81.24491

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  41. Stocker Hn Mon 210HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217780000
    Coordinates
    40.38806, -81.24485

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  42. Stocker Hn Mon 3HHorizontal shale well
    What it is
    Horizontal shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217160000
    Coordinates
    40.38802, -81.24498

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  43. Stocker Hn Mon 5HHorizontal shale well
    What it is
    Horizontal shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217170000
    Coordinates
    40.38807, -81.24495

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  44. Stocker Hn Mon 6HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217750000
    Coordinates
    40.38791, -81.24496

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  45. Stocker Hn Mon 8HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217760000
    Coordinates
    40.38796, -81.24492

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  46. Towe Hn Mon 10HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217580000
    Coordinates
    40.38360, -81.21506

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  47. Towe Hn Mon 210HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217590000
    Coordinates
    40.38365, -81.21503

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  48. Towe Hn Mon 6HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217560000
    Coordinates
    40.38350, -81.21512

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  49. Towe Hn Mon 8HUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Ohio, Llc
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067217570000
    Coordinates
    40.38355, -81.21509

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  50. Wagner 1-18HdUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Resources Inc.
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067211600000
    Coordinates
    40.38772, -81.26239

    The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.

  51. Wagner 2-18HdUtica shale well
    What it is
    Utica shale well
    Drilled sideways
    Yes
    Operator
    Eog Resources Inc.
    County
    Harrison County
    API well number
    34067211610100
    Coordinates
    40.38772, -81.26234

    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 (4)

  1. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-06-27 · Monroe Twp
    Reported
    2025-06-27
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Monroe Twp, Harrison County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2506EPA0001073
  2. Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2024-06-07 · Monroe Twp
    Reported
    2024-06-07
    What spilled
    Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Monroe Twp, Harrison County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2406EPA0000959
  3. Waste Water2024-02-14 · Monroe Twp
    Reported
    2024-02-14
    What spilled
    Waste Water
    Largest amount reported
    7,000 gallons
    Where
    Monroe Twp, Harrison County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2402EPA0000239
  4. Waste Water Reached water2023-05-17 · Monroe Twp
    Reported
    2023-05-17
    What spilled
    Waste Water
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Monroe Twp, Harrison County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2305EPA0000806

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 Monroe Township, Harrison County, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.

Quick answers

What county is Monroe Township, Ohio in?

Monroe Township, Harrison County is a township in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, with 780 residents.

When was Monroe Township, Ohio founded?

Monroe Township, Harrison County was settled 1801. Source

How did Monroe Township, Ohio get its name?

Monroe Township is presumed named for President James Monroe, following the common Ohio pattern of naming townships for early presidents; no specific naming record is known. Source

What ZIP code is Monroe Township, Ohio?

Monroe Township, Harrison County is served by ZIP codes 44695, 44621 and 44683; 44695 holds the largest share of its residents.

Where does Monroe Township, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Monroe Township, Harrison County (Twin City Water and Sewer District): Mostly private wells.

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