Local events in Somerset Township, Belmont County
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How Somerset Township, Belmont County began
Somerset Township was taken from Wayne Township and organized March 16, 1819, occupying Belmont County's extreme southwestern corner against Monroe, Noble, and Guernsey counties. Its first permanent settlers, among them Enoch Stanton, Borden Stanton (Roden in the 1903 county history), and Joseph Bishop, arrived sometime between 1809 and 1814; Enoch Stanton, a member of the Society of Friends, helped organize the township's first church, held near the site of Somerton, which Borden Stanton laid out about 1818. The county history also documents the villages of Boston, laid out in 1834 on land bought by a settler named Hazel, and Temperanceville, laid out by Robert Gallagher, a self-declared 'temperance man' who chose the name to promote his principles and who built a grist mill there around 1807. The township is the only Somerset Township in Ohio.
Settled between 1809 and 1814 (Enoch Stanton, Borden Stanton, and others), incorporated March 16, 1819, by Belmont County commissioners, taken from Wayne Township.
Where the name comes from
The township's name, like that of its community Somerton, most likely traces to Somerset, England, the documented source of the Somerton place name; no source consulted states this connection for the township explicitly.
Before the town
No Native village, camp, or trail specific to Somerset Township was found in the sources consulted.
Timeline
- — Among the first permanent settlers in Somerset Township are Enoch Stanton, Borden Stanton, James Egerton, Joseph Bishop, Homer Gibbons, Samuel Williams, and Richard Egerton; a few squatters had already built cabins along the creeks without entering land.
- — Somerton, the township's principal village, is laid out by Borden Stanton; Richard Andrews serves as its first postmaster, with mail carried from St. Clairsville to Woodsfield once a week.
- — The Friends hold the first religious service in the township; at the first monthly meeting in April Isaac Stahl is appointed overseer and John Middleton is approved as minister.
- — Somerset Township is organized March 16, taken from Wayne Township, occupying Belmont County's extreme southwestern corner (town 7, range 6).
- — The township's first grist mill is built at Somerton by Jonathan Bogue (Pogue in one county history), run by water power; the first school house is also built at Somerton this year, of the era's typical clapboard-roof, puncheon-floor construction.
- — Catholic settler Edward Gallagher, who had settled in neighboring Beaver Township, Guernsey County, in 1818, helps organize St. Dominic's Church, at first only four families, building a log church that serves the Temperanceville-area congregation; a larger brick church replaces it in 1854.
- — A post office called Somerton begins operating.
- — Boston, a village on Somerset Township's western border, is laid out by a settler named Hazel on land he had purchased.
- — Temperanceville is laid out on the western border by Robert Gallagher, a strict temperance man and a Catholic.
- — Jacob Yocum and Joseph Miller, who had purchased the original Somerton grist mill property in 1837, build a new mill and switch from water power to steam.
- — Somerset Lodge No. 354, Free and Accepted Masons, is chartered in Somerton, with Emor Danford as first master; fire destroys the lodge building and its records on November 20, 1899, and a new building is occupied August 16, 1900.
- — The Presbyterian Church of Somerton is organized with eleven members; its church is dedicated on November 20, 1870 by the Rev. Cross of Wheeling.
- — The Somerton Methodist congregation, organized in 1831 in John Koontz's house with a brick church in 1834, builds a new brick church.
- — The Belmont Bank of Somerton organizes in January with a capital stock of $50,000, its directors including R. C. Miles, Solomon Hogue, and A. Andrews.
- — Civil War veterans form Taylor Post, G.A.R., in Somerton; it has 21 members left by 1902.
- — Two burglars from Zanesville, Stevens and Divine, bind Mrs. James Warrick and her companion at their house a mile from Somerton and kill her 16-year-old grandson Clarence; they are convicted and sentenced to life, win a writ of error, and escape from the Belmont County jail before a retrial.
- — The township has 1,862 people, down from 2,045 in 1890; tobacco, grown at 1,000 pounds per acre and about 700,000 pounds in all twenty years earlier, is again the leading cash crop.
Stories
A town named for temperance
Robert Gallagher, who laid out Temperanceville on Somerset Township's western border along the headwaters of Beaver Creek, was by the 1880 county history's account a committed 'temperance man' who thought he could promote his principles simply by the name he gave his new town. Around 1807 he built a grist mill there with two run of buhrs. The village he founded went on to anchor the local Catholic community that formed around Edward Gallagher's family after 1818, its members drawn from families with surnames like Jeffries, DeLong, and McConagly, worshiping first in a log building called St. Dominic's Church and later in the brick church built in 1854, which by 1880 numbered about two hundred communicants under Father Heery.
A bank robbery planned, and a murder instead
In 1900 two professional burglars named Stevens and Divine, said to be from Zanesville, took rooms in quiet Somerton. Testimony at their trial later suggested they meant to blow open the Belmont Bank, but they could not get nitroglycerine from Bellaire and changed their plans. The day before, the father of sixteen-year-old Clarence Warrick, who managed the finances of his widowed mother, Mrs. James Warrick, had drawn $300 from a Barnesville bank for her year's living, and the robbers evidently learned of it. They went to her house, about a mile from the village, and tied hand and foot the old lady and Miss Markey, a maiden lady who lived there. When Clarence woke, he was murdered. The county was so enraged that, by the 1903 historian's account, the murderers would have been dealt with on the spot had they been caught. They were arrested, convicted and sentenced to life in the penitentiary, but won a writ of error, were returned to the Belmont County jail to await a new trial, and escaped before it could be held; the 1903 book says they had not been heard of since.
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · archive.org · archive.org
Water
Mostly private wells The water here
- Barnesville92% of residentsBarnesville Reservoirs #1, #2 & Slope Creek Reservoir
- Switzerland of Ohio Water8% of residentsBarnesville Reservoirs #1, #2 & Slope Creek Reservoir
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Somerset Township, Belmont County's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station, 1 high-hazard dam and 64 shale and injection wells. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Somerton Fire Department Station 37Somerton
- Address
- 55717 Washington Street, Somerton, OH 43713
- Coordinates
- 39.90423, -81.13697
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Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
High-hazard dams (1)
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Barnesville Reservoir No. 3 Dam PoorSlope Creek · condition: poor
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Poor (assessed 10/23/2023)
- River or stream
- Slope Creek
- Purpose
- Water Supply;Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 77 ft
- Storage
- 5,250 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1965
- Owner type
- Local Government
- County
- Belmont County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Malaga
- Last inspection
- 11/14/2022
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH00753
National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, August 2026. "High hazard" rates what a failure would cost downstream, not how likely one is; the condition is the state's assessment.
Shale and injection wells (64)
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Amanda 1-14HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013207370000
- Coordinates
- 39.88950, -81.16999
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Amanda 4-14HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013207400000
- Coordinates
- 39.88945, -81.17013
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Bahmer 1-30HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013207430000
- Coordinates
- 39.94856, -81.20453
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Bahmer 2-30HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013207420000
- Coordinates
- 39.94860, -81.20452
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Bahmer 3-30HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013207410000
- Coordinates
- 39.94864, -81.20452
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Bolton # 3-29HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013207030000
- Coordinates
- 39.93851, -81.20728
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Bolton 1-29HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013206740000
- Coordinates
- 39.93856, -81.20736
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Bolton 2-29HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013207040000
- Coordinates
- 39.93854, -81.20732
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Brothers 1-36HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013207520000
- Coordinates
- 39.95057, -81.21963
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Brothers 2-36HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013207530000
- Coordinates
- 39.95061, -81.21947
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Brothers 3-36HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013207540000
- Coordinates
- 39.95059, -81.21952
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Clark 210029 1BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013215750000
- Coordinates
- 39.89310, -81.14415
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Clark 210029 2AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013215760000
- Coordinates
- 39.89308, -81.14420
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Clark 210128 3DUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013208750000
- Coordinates
- 39.89307, -81.14401
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Clark 210128 4CUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013208900000
- Coordinates
- 39.89305, -81.14406
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Clark 210128 5BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013208910000
- Coordinates
- 39.89303, -81.14411
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Clark 210128 6AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013208920000
- Coordinates
- 39.89302, -81.14416
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Clark 210256 8AHorizontal shale well
- What it is
- Horizontal shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013214970000
- Coordinates
- 39.89274, -81.14474
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Clark 211157 7AHorizontal shale well
- What it is
- Horizontal shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013214980000
- Coordinates
- 39.89278, -81.14476
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Clark 211500 9AHorizontal shale well
- What it is
- Horizontal shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013214990000
- Coordinates
- 39.89271, -81.14472
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Duvall 1-5HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013207570100
- Coordinates
- 39.92790, -81.12531
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Duvall 2-5HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013207580000
- Coordinates
- 39.92794, -81.12531
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Duvall 3-5HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013207590000
- Coordinates
- 39.92798, -81.12531
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Francis 210045 1AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013208820000
- Coordinates
- 39.88525, -81.23017
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Francis 210045 2BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013208830000
- Coordinates
- 39.88529, -81.23017
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Francis 210226 3AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013208840000
- Coordinates
- 39.88533, -81.23017
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Inherst 1-14HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013206840000
- Coordinates
- 39.88946, -81.17663
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Inherst 2-14HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013206830000
- Coordinates
- 39.88946, -81.17668
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Inherst 3-14HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013206930000
- Coordinates
- 39.88946, -81.17673
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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John 210133 5BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013211300000
- Coordinates
- 39.94584, -81.16472
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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John 210749 1BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013211320000
- Coordinates
- 39.94583, -81.16450
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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John 210749 2AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013211310000
- Coordinates
- 39.94584, -81.16456
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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John 211156 3BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013211330000
- Coordinates
- 39.94584, -81.16461
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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John 211156 4AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013211290000
- Coordinates
- 39.94584, -81.16466
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Mccort 1-28HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013206720000
- Coordinates
- 39.91970, -81.21504
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Mccort 2-28HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013206770000
- Coordinates
- 39.91974, -81.21501
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Mccort 3-28HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013206820000
- Coordinates
- 39.91978, -81.21498
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Mccort 4-28HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013206960000
- Coordinates
- 39.91982, -81.21495
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Mcgee 1HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Tiburon Oil & Gas Ohio, Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013216250000
- Coordinates
- 39.95077, -81.22885
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Mcgee 2HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Tiburon Oil & Gas Ohio, Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013216260000
- Coordinates
- 39.95074, -81.22889
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Mcgee 3HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Tiburon Oil & Gas Ohio, Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013216270000
- Coordinates
- 39.95071, -81.22893
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Mclaughlin 210168 2BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013208250000
- Coordinates
- 39.90482, -81.20318
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The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
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Mclaughlin 210168 5AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013208850000
- Coordinates
- 39.90476, -81.20312
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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Mclaughlin 210272 3AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013208230000
- Coordinates
- 39.90485, -81.20321
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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Mclaughlin 210272 4BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013208240000
- Coordinates
- 39.90489, -81.20325
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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Norma 210169 1BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013211130000
- Coordinates
- 39.94557, -81.14735
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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Norma 210169 2AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013211120000
- Coordinates
- 39.94556, -81.14730
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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Norma 210749 3CUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013211140000
- Coordinates
- 39.94554, -81.14725
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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Starr 210295 3BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013211840000
- Coordinates
- 39.90341, -81.22581
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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Starr 210296 1BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013211860000
- Coordinates
- 39.90350, -81.22581
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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Starr 210296 2AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013211850000
- Coordinates
- 39.90346, -81.22581
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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Stephens 210149 1AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013212640000
- Coordinates
- 39.89396, -81.21280
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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Stephens 210149 2BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013212650000
- Coordinates
- 39.89400, -81.21280
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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Stutzman 1-14HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Energy Corporation
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013206650100
- Coordinates
- 39.89059, -81.17072
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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Stutzman 1-14HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013206700100
- Coordinates
- 39.89064, -81.17072
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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Stutzman 3-14HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013206990000
- Coordinates
- 39.89047, -81.17070
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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Ward 211155 4AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013210070000
- Coordinates
- 39.90834, -81.12977
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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Ward 211155 6BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013216280000
- Coordinates
- 39.90837, -81.12987
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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Ward 211158 5BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013210030000
- Coordinates
- 39.90835, -81.12982
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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Ward 211809 8AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013216300000
- Coordinates
- 39.90839, -81.12997
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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Ward 211810 7AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013216290000
- Coordinates
- 39.90838, -81.12992
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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Ward 212007 9AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013216310000
- Coordinates
- 39.90840, -81.13002
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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Wesley 1-8HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013207170000
- Coordinates
- 39.89262, -81.15857
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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Wesley 2-8HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Belmont County
- API well number
- 34013207160000
- Coordinates
- 39.89266, -81.15858
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 Somerset Township, Belmont 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43747 Malaga Township and Jerusalem | 22% | Mostly private wells | Too few radon tests | Median year built 1978 | Switzerland of Ohio Local · 3 stars overall | 0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43713 Barnesville | 13% | Barnesville Reservoirs #1, #2 & Slope Creek Reservoir | 4.8 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1962 | Barnesville Exempted Village · 4 stars overall | 0.5% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Somerset Township, Belmont County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Money issues on the ballot since 2021: 1 of 1 passed.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-02 | Issue: Somerset Township Roads and Bridges Levy | 232 | 71 | Passed (76.57% for), unofficial |
| 2018-11-06 | Issue: Somerset TWP - Fire - Replacement | 249 | 141 | Passed (63.85% for) |
| 2016-11-08 | Issue: Somerset Twp - Renewal Roads and Bridges | 346 | 154 | Passed (69.2% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-02 | Township Trustee (unofficial count) | James W. Anderson 178, 35.46%; Dale L. Betts 195, 38.84%; Matthew Cook 129, 25.7% |
| 2019-11-05 | Township Trustee | Jeffrey A. Miller 104, 100.0% |
| 2019-11-05 | Township Fiscal Officer | Diane Blattler 107, 100.0% |
| 2017-11-07 | Township Trustees | Dale L. Betts 166, 53.9%; James Anderson 142, 46.1% |
| 2015-11-03 | Township Trustee | Jeffrey A. Miller 198, 53.66%; Justin Winland 167, 45.26%; Write-In: Jeff Sharp 4, 1.08% |
| 2015-11-03 | Township Fiscal Officer | Diane E. Blattler 286, 100.0% |
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.
- Agreed Upon Procedures, 2024 to 2025, released 2026-05-28
- Agreed Upon Procedures, 2022 to 2023, released 2024-07-23
The county
Belmont County: 23 ZIP codes, 29 cities, villages and townships, 64,982 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Somerset Township, Ohio in?
Somerset Township, Belmont County is a township in Belmont County, Ohio, with 1,242 residents.
When was Somerset Township, Ohio founded?
Somerset Township, Belmont County was settled between 1809 and 1814 (Enoch Stanton, Borden Stanton, and others); incorporated March 16, 1819. Founders on record: Belmont County commissioners, taken from Wayne Township. Source
How did Somerset Township, Ohio get its name?
The township's name, like that of its community Somerton, most likely traces to Somerset, England, the documented source of the Somerton place name; no source consulted states this connection for the township explicitly. Source
What ZIP code is Somerset Township, Ohio?
Somerset Township, Belmont County is served by ZIP codes 43747 and 43713; 43747 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Somerset Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Somerset Township, Belmont County (Barnesville): Mostly private wells.
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