Local events in Perry Township, Tuscarawas County
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How Perry Township, Tuscarawas County began
Perry Township occupies the southeast corner of Tuscarawas County, bordering Guernsey and Harrison counties, and was formed from Oxford Township on August 11, 1818, in compliance with a petition from Robert Johnson; it is named, like some twenty-six other Perry townships in Ohio, for naval commander Oliver Hazard Perry. John Cadwallader, a Quaker who arrived about 1808 with three adult sons, was the first settler; his son John Cadwallader Jr. laid out the town of West Chester (Westchester) in September 1814, ninety-four lots on the Coshocton Road. From about 1830 to 1850 the village's boosters twice tried and failed to have a new county, to be called Chester County, carved out with West Chester as its seat, even founding a short-lived newspaper, the Westchester Times, to promote the scheme in 1850; the village incorporated instead, its post office taking the name Cadwallader. The township remains rural, with the 2020 census counting 439 people across its 25.8 square miles.
Settled about 1808 (John Cadwallader), platted September 1814 (West Chester, by John Cadwallader Jr.), incorporated 1818-08-11, by formed from Oxford Township on August 11, 1818, in compliance with a petition presented by Robert Johnson.
Where the name comes from
One of about twenty-six Perry townships in Ohio, most commemorating naval commander Oliver Hazard Perry, whose 1813 victory on Lake Erie made his name a popular choice for townships organized in the years that followed; no source ties this specific naming decision to a documented reason beyond that general pattern.
Before the town
The 1884 county history records a specific, dated frontier encounter tied to a named stream in the township: Phillips Fork is said to take its name from a Mr. Phillips who, while hunting with Joseph Huff during a period of hostilities between settlers and Native people, was pursued by a group of Native men and killed near the mouth of the run that now bears his name, while Huff, described as faster, escaped. No source names the people involved or gives a specific year for this event, so neither is asserted here. Beyond this, no other Native American history specific to Perry Township was found in the sources consulted; for the county's record of prehistoric mound-building cultures, the historic nations who lived, hunted or traveled through Tuscarawas County, and the treaties and removal that affected the region.
Timeline
- — John Cadwallader, a Quaker, becomes the first settler in the township, entering the south half of Section 20 with his three adult sons John, Joseph and David; he builds the first house, keeps the first hotel, and becomes the first Postmaster and first township Clerk.
- — John Cadwallader Jr. lays out the town of West Chester (Westchester) in September, on the south half of Section 20, with an original plat of ninety-four lots along Market, High, Gay, Philadelphia and Marietta streets; two lots are donated to the public.
- — Robert Johnson takes out the first tavern-keeper's license at Westchester, in October.
- — Perry Township is formed from Oxford Township on August 11, in compliance with a petition from Robert Johnson; the first township election is held the last Saturday of August at Johnson's house in Westchester, with seven votes cast.
- — The people of Westchester and vicinity first agitate for a new county, to be carved from parts of Tuscarawas, Harrison and Guernsey counties.
- — The campaign is renewed to establish "Chester County" with Westchester as county seat; the Westchester Times newspaper is founded on May 11 to promote the scheme but survives only about a year, and the new county is never created.
- — Westchester, recently incorporated, elects G. W. Reese as Mayor; the village post office is named Cadwallader, and the village contains three dry goods stores, a drug store, two blacksmith shops, a shoe shop, an undertaking establishment, a graded school and three churches.
- — The census counts 439 residents in Perry Township.
Stories
West Chester, before there was a township
Perry Township did not exist as an administrative unit until August 1818, but the town at its center, West Chester, was already four years old by then, platted by John Cadwallader Jr. in September 1814 on land his Quaker father had settled about 1808. Robert Johnson took out the area's first tavern license there in 1816, and when the township organized two years later, its first election was held at his house, with just seven votes cast. West Chester grew slowly on the old Coshocton Road, remote from any river, canal or railroad, but for a time it was ambitious: between 1830 and 1850 its residents twice pushed to have an entirely new county, to be named Chester County, carved out of pieces of Tuscarawas, Harrison and Guernsey counties with West Chester as the seat of government. The 1850 campaign even had its own newspaper, the Westchester Times, but the scheme died within a year along with the paper, and the town settled for incorporation instead, its post office taking the name Cadwallader in honor of its founding family.
Photographs
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Water
No water-system data is linked to Perry Township, Tuscarawas County's ZIP codes yet.
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Perry Township, Tuscarawas County's boundary: 15 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 (15)
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Berger Tc Per 10HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- API well number
- 34157255470000
- Coordinates
- 40.28467, -81.37289
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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Berger Tc Per 210HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- API well number
- 34157255480000
- Coordinates
- 40.28473, -81.37290
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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Berger Tc Per 6HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- API well number
- 34157255450000
- Coordinates
- 40.28457, -81.37288
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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Berger Tc Per 8HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- API well number
- 34157255460000
- Coordinates
- 40.28462, -81.37288
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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Dutch Valley 7-5-1 10HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- API well number
- 34157255390000
- Coordinates
- 40.26305, -81.39555
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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Dutch Valley 7-5-1 210HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- API well number
- 34157255400000
- Coordinates
- 40.26306, -81.39541
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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Dutch Valley 7-5-1 2HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- API well number
- 34157255150000
- Coordinates
- 40.26305, -81.39548
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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Dutch Valley 7-5-1 6HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- API well number
- 34157255370000
- Coordinates
- 40.26303, -81.39570
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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Dutch Valley 7-5-1 8HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- API well number
- 34157255380000
- Coordinates
- 40.26304, -81.39562
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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Parker 23-5-1 101HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- API well number
- 34157255140000
- Coordinates
- 40.21622, -81.39328
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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Parker 23-5-1 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- API well number
- 34157255080000
- Coordinates
- 40.21622, -81.39307
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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Pearley Tc Per 1HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- API well number
- 34157255520000
- Coordinates
- 40.24944, -81.37002
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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Pearley Tc Per 205HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- API well number
- 34157255550000
- Coordinates
- 40.24932, -81.36987
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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Pearley Tc Per 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- API well number
- 34157255530000
- Coordinates
- 40.24940, -81.36997
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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Pearley Tc Per 5HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Tuscarawas County
- API well number
- 34157255540000
- Coordinates
- 40.24936, -81.36992
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 (1)
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Sediment / Sedimentation Reached water2025-07-01 · Null
- Reported
- 2025-07-01
- What spilled
- Sediment / Sedimentation
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Null, Tuscarawas County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2507EPA0001098
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 Perry Township, Tuscarawas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44699 Washington Township and Tippecanoe | 26% | Mostly private wells | 5.5 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1978 | Harrison Hills City · 3 stars overall | 5.4% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43837 Port Washington | 11% | 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 Perry Township, Tuscarawas County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-05 | Township Trustee | Tom Kenney 75, 100.0% |
| 2019-11-05 | Township Fiscal Officer | Liana Feldhake 20, 20.41%; Weston L. Gray 32, 32.65%; Jane Rickey 46, 46.94% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
The county
Harrison County: 10 ZIP codes, 26 cities, villages and townships, 15,422 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Perry Township, Ohio in?
Perry Township, Tuscarawas County is a township in Harrison County, Ohio, with 439 residents.
When was Perry Township, Ohio founded?
Perry Township, Tuscarawas County was settled about 1808 (John Cadwallader); laid out September 1814 (West Chester, by John Cadwallader Jr.); incorporated 1818-08-11. Founders on record: formed from Oxford Township on August 11, 1818, in compliance with a petition presented by Robert Johnson. Source
How did Perry Township, Ohio get its name?
One of about twenty-six Perry townships in Ohio, most commemorating naval commander Oliver Hazard Perry, whose 1813 victory on Lake Erie made his name a popular choice for townships organized in the years that followed; no source ties this specific naming decision to a documented reason beyond that general pattern. Source
What ZIP code is Perry Township, Ohio?
Perry Township, Tuscarawas County is served by ZIP codes 44699 and 43837; 44699 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Perry Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Perry Township, Tuscarawas County: Mostly private wells.
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