Local events in Rumley Township, Harrison County
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How Rumley Township, Harrison County began
Rumley Township lies on the northern edge of Harrison County, four and a half miles by five, with Carroll County to its north. The county organized it in March 1833. The Custer family was among the first settlers: George Custer from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1804, and Jacob Custer platted New Rumley on August 16, 1813. George Armstrong Custer, the cavalry general killed at the Little Bighorn in 1876, was born in New Rumley on December 5, 1839, and a memorial and museum stand on the birthplace site. The village of Jewett, platted in 1851-52 as Fairview, grew on the Pennsylvania Railroad's line of 1853 and was incorporated in April 1886. The township had 1,368 people in 1890 and 1,275 in 2020.
Settled 1804 (George Custer), platted August 16, 1813 (New Rumley, by Jacob Custer), incorporated March 1833 (organized as a township), by Harrison County commissioners.
Where the name comes from
No source consulted explains the name Rumley. The earlier note that it derived from a Rumley or Rummel family was not supported in Hanna's or Lewis's histories and has been dropped. New Rumley's founder, Jacob Custer, came from Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Before the town
No Native village, mound, burial or battle site is recorded for Rumley Township in the sources consulted (Hanna's 1900 county history, Lewis's 1921 county history, the township and village chapters). What the record does show is regional. The 1785 Treaty of Fort McIntosh, signed with the Wyandot, Delaware (Lenape), Ojibwe and Odawa, claimed most of eastern and southern Ohio for the United States, though many Native leaders rejected it, and the 1795 Treaty of Greenville confirmed the cession after Fallen Timbers. Hanna notes that the first routes into Harrison County were probably old Indian trails along streams and ridge tops, and cites Archer Butler Hulbert's 1900 study of Ohio's Indian thoroughfares, which traced a 'Mingo Trail' from the Mingo Bottoms (Steubenville) to Will's Town (Duncan Falls) crossing the county a short distance south of Cadiz. The first settlers to reach Short Creek in 1796 included former government Indian scouts paid in land, and Hanna describes the county's earliest white visitors as Indian fighters, scouts and hunters from the Ohio River frontier.
Nations recorded here: Mingo (Seneca-Cayuga), Delaware (Lenape), Shawnee.
Timeline
- — George Custer, from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, settles in what becomes Rumley Township; Samuel Buchanan, John Miller and Abraham Noffsker follow in 1806 and Leonard Kimmel in 1807.
- — David Custer settles in the township; Emanuel Custer, from Allegany County, Maryland, follows in 1812.
- — Jacob Custer plats New Rumley; the plat is filed on August 16, 1813.
- — A post office opens at New Rumley and is later discontinued.
- — Rumley Township is organized when the subdivisions of Harrison County are bounded as they are today.
- — George Armstrong Custer is born in New Rumley to Emanuel Henry Custer, a farmer and blacksmith, and Marie Ward Kirkpatrick.
- — John Stahl plats the village of Fairview, later Jewett, on December 5; the plat is filed January 9, 1852.
- — The Pennsylvania Railroad is built through Jewett; one of its officers, T. L. Jewett, gives the village its name.
- — Custer graduates from the McNeely Normal School at Hopedale and begins teaching school at Cadiz.
- — The Jewett post office opens and has operated since.
- — Custer is killed at the Little Bighorn in Montana Territory at age 36.
- — Jewett is incorporated as a village; S. R. Devore is the first mayor and C. W. Reed the first clerk.
- — The census counts 1,368 people in Rumley Township; the count is 1,586 in 1900 and 1,562 in 1910.
- — R. W. Reed and others found the private bank that becomes the Jewett State Bank.
- — The township has 1,416 people and Jewett 852; the Wheeling and Lake Erie plans large new yards and shops at Jewett, and the village's water system is being rebuilt with $30,000 in bonds voted in 1918.
- — The census counts 1,275 people in the township; the Custer Memorial at New Rumley, with a statue by Erwin Frey and a museum, is maintained on the birthplace site.
Stories
A general born at a blacksmith's forge
George Armstrong Custer was born at New Rumley on December 5, 1839, the son of Emanuel Henry Custer, a farmer and blacksmith, and his second wife, Marie Ward Kirkpatrick. The Custers were among the township's first families: George Custer settled in 1804, David in 1811 and Emanuel in 1812, and the village had been platted in 1813 by Jacob Custer. George went to live with a half-sister in Monroe, Michigan, to attend school, then returned to Ohio to attend the McNeely Normal School at Hopedale; after graduating in 1856 he taught school at Cadiz. He was killed at the Little Bighorn in Montana Territory on June 25, 1876, aged 36. Hanna's 1900 list of Harrison County natives and residents who attained a national reputation includes Custer by name, and the foundations of the birthplace are marked by the Custer Memorial on State Route 646.
The railroad man for whom Jewett was named
The village of Jewett began as Fairview, platted by John Stahl in the winter of 1851-52. When the Pennsylvania Railroad was built through it in 1853, one of its officers was named T. L. Jewett, and an early locomotive on the road was named for him; the village took his name as well. Thomas L. Jewett also appears in Hanna's lists as a member of the Harrison County bar and a judge from 1852 to 1854. The Cadiz branch was completed to the county seat in 1854. Jewett had a general store before the Civil War run by Jacob Richey, a steam flour mill built by Uriah Simmons, and good soft coal drifted out of the hillsides around it, but Lewis wrote in 1921 that it could not be classed among the county's mining towns. In 1886 it incorporated, with a mayor, a clerk and a spring-fed water line that private citizens extended house by house until the village bought it back.
Local history sources: archive.org · us-data.org · postalhistory.com · archive.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org
Water
Mostly private wells The water here
- Jewett Village86% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Scio12% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Hopedale Village2% of residentsBlend: Ohio River (via Jefferson Co. WSD/Toronto) and Tappan Lake (via HCWSD East Cadiz)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Rumley Township, Harrison County's boundary: 1 poor-rated bridge and 23 shale and injection wells. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Bridges rated poor (1)
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Irish Creek Dr over CreekPoor · built 1900
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1900
- Length
- 9 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 93
- Coordinates
- 40.42171, -81.03865
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 (23)
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Arbaugh 31-11-4 1HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067212340000
- Coordinates
- 40.38195, -80.98230
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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Arbaugh 31-11-4 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067212430000
- Coordinates
- 40.38200, -80.98232
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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Arbaugh 31-11-4 5HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067212390000
- Coordinates
- 40.38205, -80.98225
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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Gotshall 14-12-5 1HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067210850000
- Coordinates
- 40.40632, -81.03467
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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Gotshall 14-12-5 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067210790100
- Coordinates
- 40.40637, -81.03464
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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Gotshall 14-12-5 5HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067210870000
- Coordinates
- 40.40634, -81.03459
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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Long 21-12-5 6HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067212180000
- Coordinates
- 40.41777, -81.05240
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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Long 21-12-5 7HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067212200000
- Coordinates
- 40.41772, -81.05243
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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Long 21-12-5 8HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067211080000
- Coordinates
- 40.41777, -81.05230
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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Mattie 18-11-5 1HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067214580000
- Coordinates
- 40.37183, -81.04311
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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Mattie 18-11-5 2HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067214570000
- Coordinates
- 40.37179, -81.04306
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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Mattie 18-11-5 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067214550000
- Coordinates
- 40.37190, -81.04306
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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Mattie 18-11-5 4HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067214560000
- Coordinates
- 40.37185, -81.04302
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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Mattie 18-11-5 6HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067213700000
- Coordinates
- 40.37187, -81.04315
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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Mattie 18-11-5 7HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067213690000
- Coordinates
- 40.37191, -81.04320
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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Mattie 18-11-5 8HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067213680000
- Coordinates
- 40.37194, -81.04311
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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Ruby 15-12-5 1HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067211450000
- Coordinates
- 40.41485, -81.02448
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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Ruby 15-12-5 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067211430000
- Coordinates
- 40.41487, -81.02439
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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Ruby 15-12-5 6HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067211440000
- Coordinates
- 40.41479, -81.02448
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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Ruby 15-12-5 8HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067211420000
- Coordinates
- 40.41474, -81.02448
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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Stewart 12-11-5 1HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067211480000
- Coordinates
- 40.37867, -81.01274
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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Stewart 12-11-5 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067211190000
- Coordinates
- 40.37870, -81.01265
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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Stewart 12-11-5 5HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Ohio, Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067211200000
- Coordinates
- 40.37865, -81.01261
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 Rumley Township, Harrison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43986 Rumley Township and Jewett | 37% | Mostly private wells | 14.2 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1962 | Harrison Hills City · 3 stars overall | 11% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43988 North Township and Scio | 4% | Mostly private wells | 8.4 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1963 | Harrison Hills City · 3 stars overall | 4.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
How its elections and ballot issues came out and the state auditor's record.
Money issues on the ballot since 2016: 4 of 5 passed; of those asking for new or higher taxes, 0 of 1.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | Issue: Rumley Township - Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) | 260 | 110 | Passed (70.27% for) |
| 2022-11-08 | Issue: Rumley Township Cemetery | 283 | 115 | Passed (71.11% for) |
| 2022-11-08 | Issue: Rumley Township LO | 261 | 137 | Passed (65.58% for) |
| 2021-11-02 | Issue: Rumley Township Ambulance and Emergency Medical 2.25 mill (2.25 mills) | 202 | 106 | Passed (65.58% for), unofficial |
| 2018-11-06 | Issue: Rumley Twp Fire Levy | 348 | 132 | Passed (72.5% for) |
| 2017-11-07 | Issue: RUMLEY TOWNSHIP 1 MILL CEMETERY LEVY (RENEWAL) (1.0 mills, renewal) | 240 | 78 | Passed (75.47% for) |
| 2016-11-08 | Issue: Rumley Township Additional Construction Levy | 158 | 186 | Failed (45.93% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | Township Trustee | Damian N. Kovarik 308, 100.0% |
| 2023-11-07 | Township Fiscal Officer | Barbara J. Birney 305, 100.0% |
| 2021-11-02 | . Trustee (unofficial count) | Kevin L. Arbaugh 255, 59.16%; Andrew G. Lee 176, 40.84% |
| 2019-11-05 | Township Fiscal Officer | Barbara J. Birney 241, 100.0% |
| 2019-11-05 | . Trustee | Damian Nathan Kovarik 253, 100.0% |
| 2017-11-07 | Trustees | Damian Chrisman 185, 37.15%; Matthew A. Dulkoski 137, 27.51%; Andrew G. Lee 176, 35.34% |
| 2015-11-03 | Township Trustee | Damian Kovarik 385, 100.0% |
| 2015-11-03 | Township Fiscal Officer | Barbara Birney 371, 100.0% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked. The county's results on file run through 2025-05-06; later elections are not loaded yet.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Agreed Upon Procedures, 2024 to 2025, released 2026-06-25
- Agreed Upon Procedures, 2022 to 2023, released 2024-10-03
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
Statewide question: State Issue 3: Voter ID
Local questions for Rumley Township, Harrison County, Harrison County and its school district:
- Harrison County: Renews a 0.75-mill property tax levy for the provide & maintain senior citizens services or facilities of Harrison County for 5 years, beginning in 2027.
- Harrison County: Renews a 1-mill property tax levy for the police protection of Harrison County for 5 years, beginning in 2027.
- Harrison County: Renews a 1.5-mill property tax levy to maintain & operate county home of Harrison County for 5 years, beginning in 2027.
- Harrison County: Renews a 0.75-mill property tax levy for the provide revenue to Ohio Cooperative Extension Service for 4-H, agriculture, natural resources, home economics & economic development of Harrison County for 5 years, beginning in 2027.
Races, candidates and every question for an address: your ballot. County offices and judges are on your county board's sample ballot.
The county
Harrison County: 10 ZIP codes, 26 cities, villages and townships with pages here, 14,070 people (Census Bureau estimate, July 2025).
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Rumley Township, Ohio in?
Rumley Township, Harrison County is a township in Harrison County, Ohio, with 721 residents.
When was Rumley Township, Ohio founded?
Rumley Township, Harrison County was settled 1804 (George Custer); laid out August 16, 1813 (New Rumley, by Jacob Custer); incorporated March 1833 (organized as a township). Founders on record: Harrison County commissioners. Source
What ZIP code is Rumley Township, Ohio?
Rumley Township, Harrison County is served by ZIP codes 43986 and 43988; 43986 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Rumley Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Rumley Township, Harrison County (Jewett Village): Mostly private wells.
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