Local events in Salt Creek Township, Wayne County
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How Salt Creek Township, Wayne County began
Salt Creek Township lies on the south line of Wayne County, four miles north to south and six east to west, with Holmes County on its south. William Searight chose land on Salt Creek in 1810 and was for years the only settler; the township was formed on March 5, 1816. Jacob Frederick built its big flour mill, held office as an associate judge and in 1824 laid out Fredericksburg. In the 2000 census 20.9 percent of residents named Pennsylvania German ancestry, said by Wikipedia to be the highest share of any place in the United States. The township had 3,137 people in 1990 and 4,542 in 2020.
Settled 1810 (William Searight, the first settler), platted Fredericksburg, November 27, 1824 (by Jacob Frederick); Maysville, by 1850 (laid out by John Mackey and a partner), incorporated March 5, 1816 (township formed), by William Searight; Jacob Frederick founded Fredericksburg.
Where the name comes from
The township is named for Salt Creek, which rises in East Union and Salt Creek townships and flows into Holmes County. Neither county history says how the creek got its name; Bowen (1910) notes only that pioneer Samuel Goodwin said buffalo, deer and elk used to haunt the area's salt licks, which may be the origin but is not stated as such.
Before the town
No Native village, mound or treaty event is recorded in the township. Its pioneer accounts show Native people close by in 1812. After the news of Hull's surrender (August 1812) William Searight and his family fled for safety to a blockhouse four and a half miles away in Prairie Township, Holmes County, where 'the Indians there were friendly.' About then the Native man known as old Chief Lyon (the Chief Dan Lyon of Franklin Township) visited the Searights and told Mrs. Searight a grim boast, that he had cut out the tongues of ninety-nine women and wanted hers to make an even hundred, a tale told by settlers and not otherwise confirmed. Bowen also records that buffalo, deer and elk once haunted the salt licks in the township. Across Wayne County, the wider Native record is Delaware (Lenape), Wyandot and Shawnee.
- Blockhouse in Prairie Township, Holmes County, where friendly Indians were reported (other) — four and a half miles from the Searight cabin, Prairie Township, Holmes County, 1812 (archive.org)
Timeline
- — William Searight, born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, selects land, enters 460 acres and builds a cabin on the bank of Salt Creek facing Pine Hill; his is the only family in the township for years.
- — After Hull's surrender (August 16) the Searights flee to a blockhouse in Prairie Township, Holmes County, and Chief Lyon later visits the family.
- — William Searight builds the first sawmill on Salt Creek.
- — On March 5 Salt Creek Township is formed; Thomas Armstrong, an Irish immigrant of 1804, moves in on April 5, and Judge Jacob Frederick builds the next mill.
- — Rev. William Wilson organizes the first Presbyterian congregation, at the house of Robert Knox, with John Sorrel, George Miller and William Truesdale as elders.
- — John Cheyney and Samuel Miller rebuild the burned Searight mill as a sawmill only.
- — On November 27 Jacob Frederick lays out Fredericksburg and names it for himself; the plat is recorded two days later.
- — A post office named Fredericksburgh opens (it keeps that spelling until 1893).
- — Dr. James Clarkson, the first doctor, arrives; he dies in 1846.
- — The first schoolhouse in Fredericksburg is built where Andrew Knox's blacksmith shop later stands, with John C. Taylor as teacher.
- — The first Methodist church in Fredericksburg is built south of town; Rev. H. O. Sheldon is the first minister.
- — Frederick's second mill is built, a flour mill with a capacity of 200 barrels a day, very large for its day; it burns in 1876.
- — John Mackey, who with another settler laid out the village of Maysville, dies on October 17 after being hurt in a sawmill accident at Maysville on October 11.
- — The Fredericksburg Cemetery Association is organized on November 16.
- — Fredericksburg has 511 residents.
- — The census records 20.9 percent of township residents as of Pennsylvania German ancestry, the highest share of any place in the United States according to Wikipedia.
- — Township population reaches 4,542, up from 3,137 in 1990.
Stories
Monarch of all he surveyed
William Searight was born October 17, 1779, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, to a father who had come from Ireland about 1760 and fought seven years in the Revolution. In 1810 he picked land on the banks of Salt Creek, entered 460 acres and built a small log cabin facing Pine Hill. For some years he and his family were the only people in what became Salt Creek Township; his nearest neighbors lived across the line in Prairie Township, Holmes County, and Bowen quotes him as 'monarch of all he surveyed.' When news of Hull's surrender came in August 1812 the family took refuge in a blockhouse four and a half miles off. Old Chief Lyon visited them about then, and his story of the ninety-nine tongues frightened Mrs. Searight. Searight built the first sawmill on Salt Creek in 1813, died July 16, 1846, and was followed by his wife in February 1848; they had ten children.
Judge Frederick's mill and eight distilleries
Jacob Frederick, an associate judge of Wayne County by 1826, platted Fredericksburg on November 27, 1824, and named it for himself. His first mill, built in 1816, was followed in 1836 by a flour mill that could turn out 200 barrels a day, very large for its time; it burned in 1876. Frederick also ran the first distillery in the township, and the 1910 county history says that while the Ohio Canal was being dug there were no fewer than eight distilleries within two miles of Fredericksburg. James Russell, a blacksmith, built the first house, Samuel Miller the first hotel, and Dr. James Clarkson, who came in 1827, was the first doctor. By 1900 the village had 511 people, a pottery company, planing and flouring mills and a terra cotta works.
The most Pennsylvania German place in America
When the 2000 census asked about ancestry, 20.9 percent of Salt Creek Township's people said they were Pennsylvania German. Wikipedia's township article says this was the highest percentage of any place in the United States, Pennsylvania included. The township's population has grown from 3,137 in 1990 to 3,783 in 2000, 4,309 in 2010 and 4,542 in 2020. The article does not say how the ancestry figure was tabulated.
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · archive.org · archive.org · postalhistory.com
Water
Mostly private wells The water here
- Apple Creek Village61% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Fredericksburg Village34% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Heritage Green Condominium Assoc2% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Millborne Mobile Home Community2% of residentsGroundwater wells (1 wells)
- Mount Eaton Village0% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Salt Creek Township, Wayne County's boundary: 21 private schools and 1 Toxics Release Inventory facility. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Private schools (21)
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Brown SchoolPrivate, religious, independent · Apple Creek
- Address
- 7060 Criswell Rd, Apple Creek, OH 44606
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 24
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 12
- NCES private school ID
- A2301925
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CriswellPrivate, religious, independent · Fredericksburg
- Address
- 9428 Criswell Rd, Fredericksburg, OH 44627
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 19
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 1
- Students per teacher
- 19
- Phone
- (330) 345-6771
- NCES private school ID
- A1302297
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Cunningham Aden SchlabachPrivate, religious, independent · Apple Creek
- Address
- 9220 Mount Hope Rd, Apple Creek, OH 44606
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 22
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 11
- Phone
- (330) 345-6771
- NCES private school ID
- A1302299
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East MaysvillePrivate, religious, independent · Apple Creek
- Address
- 8888 Mount Hope Rd, Apple Creek, OH 44606
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 22
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 11
- Phone
- (330) 600-4324
- NCES private school ID
- A1302309
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Frease RidgePrivate, religious, independent · Fredericksburg
- Address
- 7792 Frease Rd, Fredericksburg, OH 44627
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 24
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 12
- Phone
- (330) 345-6771
- NCES private school ID
- A1302323
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Green ValleyPrivate, religious, independent · Apple Creek
- Address
- 8336 Fountain Nook Rd, Apple Creek, OH 44606
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 28
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 14
- Phone
- (330) 345-6771
- NCES private school ID
- A1302336
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Hidden ViewPrivate, religious, independent · Fredericksburg
- Address
- 8100 S Apple Creek Rd, Fredericksburg, OH 44627
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 20
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 10
- Phone
- (330) 345-6771
- NCES private school ID
- A1302343
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HogbackPrivate, religious, independent · Fredericksburg
- Address
- 9819 Hogback Rd, Fredericksburg, OH 44627
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 27
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- Phone
- (330) 600-2159
- NCES private school ID
- A1502883
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Iron WoodPrivate, religious, independent · Apple Creek
- Address
- 7851 Buss Rd, Apple Creek, OH 44606
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 34
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 17
- Phone
- (330) 601-4649
- NCES private school ID
- A1302356
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Meadowlark SchoolPrivate, religious, independent · Fredericksburg
- Address
- 8336 Township Rd 601, Fredericksburg, OH 44627
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 25
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 3
- Students per teacher
- 8.33333
- NCES private school ID
- A2302157
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Nebo ValleyPrivate, religious, independent · Wooster
- Address
- 7491 S Honeytown Rd, Wooster, OH 44691
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 35
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 17.5
- Phone
- (330) 345-6771
- NCES private school ID
- A1302418
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Ridge ViewPrivate, religious, independent · Fredericksburg
- Address
- 5484 Graber Rd, Fredericksburg, OH 44627
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 33
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 16.5
- Phone
- (330) 695-9834
- NCES private school ID
- A1302473
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Rock ValleyPrivate, religious, independent · Apple Creek
- Address
- 9771 Mt Hope Rd, Apple Creek, OH 44606
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 14
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 1
- Students per teacher
- 14
- Phone
- (330) 345-6771
- NCES private school ID
- A1302477
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Scenic Knoll SchoolPrivate, religious, independent · Fredericksburg
- Address
- 8505 Criswell Rd, Fredericksburg, OH 44627
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 41
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 20.5
- Phone
- (330) 345-6771
- NCES private school ID
- A1302483
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Scenic Knoll SchoolPrivate, religious, independent · Fredericksburg
- Address
- 8505 Criswell Rd, Fredericksburg, OH 44627
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 42
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 21
- NCES private school ID
- A2302264
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Summit ValleyPrivate, religious, independent · Fredericksburg
- Address
- 7491 Honeytown Rd, Fredericksburg, OH 44627
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 31
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 15.5
- Phone
- (330) 345-6771
- NCES private school ID
- A1302535
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Summit ValleyPrivate, religious, independent · Applecreek
- Address
- 9816 E Moreland Rd, Applecreek, OH 44606
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 35
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 17.5
- NCES private school ID
- A2302401
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Troy AcresPrivate, religious, independent · Apple Creek
- Address
- 7308 S Kansas Rd, Apple Creek, OH 44606
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 26
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 13
- Phone
- (330) 345-6771
- NCES private school ID
- A1302551
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West MaysvillePrivate, religious, independent · Apple Creek
- Address
- 9606 Harrison Rd, Apple Creek, OH 44606
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 24
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 12
- Phone
- (330) 345-6771
- NCES private school ID
- A1302567
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WoodlandPrivate, religious, independent · Fredericksburg
- Address
- 7701 Carr Rd, Fredericksburg, OH 44627
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 16
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 1.9
- Students per teacher
- 8.42105
- Phone
- (330) 345-6771
- NCES private school ID
- A1302581
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WoodsidePrivate, religious, independent · Fredericksburg
- Address
- 11572 Salt Creek Rd, Fredericksburg, OH 44627
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 25
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 12.5
- Phone
- (330) 695-2240
- NCES private school ID
- A1503057
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (1)
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Rpm Wood Finishes Group Inc Dba FinishworksToxics Release Inventory · Apple Creek
- Address
- 9821 Harrison Rd, Apple Creek, OH 44606
- County
- Wayne County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
- EPA program ID
- 4460WRPMWD9821H
- EPA registry ID
- 110020895156
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Salt Creek Township, Wayne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44627 Salt Creek Township and Fredericksburg | 29% | Mostly private wells | 13.0 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1991 | Southeast Local · 4.5 stars overall | 1.2% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 44606 East Union Township and Apple Creek | 22% | Mostly private wells | 6.9 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1980 | Southeast Local · 4.5 stars overall | 2.7% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Salt Creek Township, Wayne County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2026-01-20
The county
Wayne County: 15 ZIP codes, 33 cities, villages and townships, 124,210 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Salt Creek Township, Ohio in?
Salt Creek Township, Wayne County is a township in Wayne County, Ohio, with 4,133 residents.
When was Salt Creek Township, Ohio founded?
Salt Creek Township, Wayne County was settled 1810 (William Searight, the first settler); laid out Fredericksburg, November 27, 1824 (by Jacob Frederick); Maysville, by 1850 (laid out by John Mackey and a partner); incorporated March 5, 1816 (township formed). Founders on record: William Searight; Jacob Frederick founded Fredericksburg. Source
How did Salt Creek Township, Ohio get its name?
The township is named for Salt Creek, which rises in East Union and Salt Creek townships and flows into Holmes County. Source
What ZIP code is Salt Creek Township, Ohio?
Salt Creek Township, Wayne County is served by ZIP codes 44627 and 44606; 44627 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Salt Creek Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Salt Creek Township, Wayne County (Apple Creek Village): Mostly private wells.
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