Warren Township, Washington County

Township · Washington County · 3,953 residents

Washington County

Local events in Warren Township, Washington County

Nothing is posted for Warren Township itself yet; here is what is on within 10 miles. All local events in Warren Township, Washington County

  1. Halloween Party with DJ Mixar & DJ Correct

    8 p.m. to midnight · The Adelphia Music Hall · Marietta · 1.1 mi · From Marietta-Washington County CVB

  2. An Acoustic Evening with John Anderson

    8 to 10 p.m. · Peoples Bank Theatre · Marietta · 1.0 mi · From Marietta-Washington County CVB

  3. November First Friday: Flannel Fest

    5 to 9 p.m. · Armory Square Lawn · Marietta · 1.0 mi · From Marietta-Washington County CVB

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How Warren Township, Washington County began

Warren Township lies in the southern part of Washington County along the Ohio River, with a small part of the city of Marietta extending into its northeastern corner. Incorporated by the county commissioners on September 10, 1810, it became known as the 'grindstone township' of Washington County for the heavy sandstone ledges quarried along the river, a trade still active more than seventy years later. Squatters first gathered at 'Nogletown' on Congress-reserved land before permanent settlers -- Seth Bailey, Elias Newton, the Cole family, and Judge Ephraim Cutler among them -- took up the fertile river bottoms from 1804 onward; Dunham Township was cut off from Warren's territory in 1855. Its main crossroads settlement, known through the nineteenth and much of the twentieth century simply as Upper Mile Run and Lower Mile Run, was renamed Pinehurst only in the mid-1900s. The township is one of five Warren Townships in Ohio. The 2020 census recorded 3,948 residents.

Settled 1804-1805 (Seth Bailey, Elias Newton, and the Cole family), incorporated September 10, 1810, by the Washington County commissioners.

Where the name comes from

Not established in the sources checked; the township shares its name with four others in Ohio, most likely honoring Revolutionary War General Joseph Warren, a common namesake for Ohio townships of this name, though no source specific to this township confirms it. The 1881 county history nicknames the township the 'grindstone township' of Washington County for its sandstone quarrying industry, without explaining the origin of the formal name Warren itself.

Before the town

No village, mound, trail or treaty site specific to Warren Township was found in the sources checked. The Hopewell earthworks and Fort Harmar treaty history nearest to this township belong to neighboring Marietta and the wider county.

Timeline

  1. — The first road through the township, from Marietta to Belpre, is laid out at the foot of the river hills.
  2. — A State road from Marietta to Lancaster is built through the township; its location has never been materially changed.
  3. — After the end of the Indian war, squatters including Isaac and George Nogle, Thomas Dickey and Isaac Hardin gather on Congress section 8 in the cluster of cabins called Nogletown.
  4. — Seth Bailey, Elias Newton and the Cole family make the first permanent improvements on the fertile river bottoms of Warren Township.
  5. — Isaac Humphreys, Ezekiel Finch and Judge Ephraim Cutler purchase land and make improvements, becoming with the Baileys, Newtons and Coles the leading pioneer families for more than thirty years.
  6. — Humphreys, John Henry and Ephraim Cutler contract with John D. W. Kip to keep a school for twenty-five dollars every three months, teaching reading, writing and arithmetic from nine to twelve and one to four.
  7. — Judge Cutler builds his stone house, the oldest in the township still standing in 1881; the wet spring after a bitterly cold winter floods the bottoms and a fever season follows.
  8. — The county commissioners incorporate Warren Township.
  9. — The part of Marietta Township lying between the eighth and ninth ranges is annexed to Warren.
  10. — A devastating fever epidemic hits the township; the Adams family on the Gilman farm loses fourteen members, buried in the 'Adams row' in the old cemetery, and only two of Tiffany Adams's six sons survive.
  11. — The Presbyterian church of Warren is constituted in the brick school-house on Seth Bailey's farm, by the Rev. A. Pomeroy, with Samuel S. Spencer and William Fleming elected elders.
  12. — The Constitution post office is established, named for its first postmaster, Judge Ephraim Cutler, a member of the convention that framed Ohio's first constitution.
  13. — Forty-nine people sign the pledge of a temperance society after addresses by Rev. John Spaulding and Rev. Kingsbury, and nearly a hundred others add their names.
  14. — Dunham Township is established, cutting off considerable territory from Warren; the Tunnel post office opens the same year.
  15. — The partition of Union Township adds four sections on the north to Warren.
  16. — The census counts 1,906 residents, up from 460 in 1820.
  17. — The crossroads community long known as Upper Mile Run and Lower Mile Run is renamed Pinehurst.

Stories

The grindstone township

Along the Ohio River hills of Warren Township, three thick strata of fine sandstone -- a thirty-foot bed of coarse building stone, ten feet of blue shale, and a twenty-five-foot layer of the finest sand rock -- gave the township its defining industry. Grindstones had been manufactured along this outcrop for more than seventy years by 1881, and the quarries, owned by families like the Finches, Demings, and Coles, shipped their 'constitution stone' as far as Chicago for ornamental architectural work; a sample from J. H. Deming's quarry, tested against the best Nova Scotia grit, proved almost identical in texture and equal in grinding quality. Henry H. Cole, born in the township in 1816, spent forty years in the grindstone trade, and the postmaster of the aptly named village of Constitution, J. H. Deming, was himself a grindstone manufacturer -- an industry so central to the township's identity that the 1881 county history simply calls it 'the grindstone township of Washington county.'

A bear, a baby, and a steady stare

Before settling in Warren Township, Captain Willard Green and his wife, born Lizzie Cole, lived for a time on the Hughes River in Virginia, in country so thick with wild animals that the captain was often away for long stretches, leaving his wife to fend for herself. One evening, carrying her baby, Mrs. Green went looking for the family cow by the sound of its bell, following the noise down into a small ravine -- where, through the shadows of the trees, she realized she was not approaching a man at all but a large black bear. She had heard that animals could sometimes be controlled by the human eye, so she wrapped the baby tightly in her apron, fixed the bear in a steady stare, and clapped her hands as hard as she could. To her relief, the bear turned and walked away. Mrs. Green went on to live to ninety-six, dying in Warren Township on May 4, 1869.

A contract for a schoolmaster, 1807

Judge Ephraim Cutler's memoranda preserved the earliest school contract in the township, dated February 3, 1807, between Isaac Humphreys, John Henry and Cutler and the schoolmaster John D. W. Kip. For twenty-five dollars every three months, Kip was to teach reading, writing and arithmetic from nine to noon and one to four, shifting to half past one through half past four in the summer months, and to be excused on Saturday afternoons, the Fourth of July, training days and election days. He was to split the school into classes, rank pupils by their accuracy in spelling to promote emulation, teach the upper class punctuation and the accenting and emphasizing of words, and consider himself 'in the place of parent' to the children, convincing them by mild treatment of his parental affection and being sparing with promises and threats. The first school-house also hosted a Thanksgiving service in which the Rev. Mr. Robbins of Marietta, still on his horse, asked an impressive blessing on the glasses at Cole's tavern before the men drank.

The sickly seasons

The epidemics of 1807 and 1821-23 were severe in Warren Township. The winter of 1806-7 was intensely cold and the spring flood covered the bottom lands; sickness through the summer retarded the clearing of farms. In 1821-23 fever visited almost every house and often killed within a week. In the family of William Smith, all eleven were sick at once, and in other homes none could nurse the sick. In 1822 the Ohio was lower than ever known, nearly stagnant and green with scum, with grass growing on the sandbars far into the water; the sickness began in June, peaked in August and September and did not end until the heavy frosts of November. The next year brought rain but the fever returned in June, even on the uplands, so widespread that corn stood unharvested among the weeds and orchards of fruit rotted. The Adams family on the Gilman farm lost fourteen, and the graves in the Adams row in the old Warren cemetery still told the story in 1881.

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

Water

Mostly private wells The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Warren Township, Washington County's boundary: 2 fire and EMS stations, 1 college, 1 high-hazard dam, 1 public school, 1 poor-rated bridge, 1 shale or injection well, 2 Superfund sites, 9 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 16 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Fire and EMS stations (2)

  1. Warren Township Volunteer Fire Department Station 1Marietta
    Address
    17305 State Highway 550, Marietta, OH 45750
    Coordinates
    39.39457, -81.54602
  2. Warren Township Volunteer Fire Department Station 2Marietta
    Address
    19987 State Highway 676, Marietta, OH 45750
    Coordinates
    39.44393, -81.52178

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.

Colleges (1)

  1. Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical TrainingPublic career school · Marietta
    What it is
    Public career school
    City
    Marietta
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    343
    IPEDS unit ID
    418250

Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes.

High-hazard dams (1)

  1. Eramet Waste Retention DamTributary To Ohio River · condition: satisfactory
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Satisfactory (assessed 09/13/2024)
    River or stream
    Tributary To Ohio River
    Purpose
    Tailings
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    118 ft
    Storage
    2,656 acre-feet
    Completed
    1982
    Owner type
    Not Listed
    County
    Washington County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Briscoe
    Last inspection
    11/01/2023
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH01100

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.

Public schools (1)

  1. Washington County CC Barrett BldMarietta
    Address
    21740 State Route 676, Marietta, OH 45750
    Kind (NCES)
    Career and Technical School
    Students, 2023-24
    406
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    31
    NCES school ID
    390516904094

Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.

Bridges rated poor (1)

  1. Township Road 720 over Sugar Creek * ObriePoor · built 1928
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1928
    Length
    31 ft
    Owner
    County
    Vehicles a day
    155
    Coordinates
    39.37810, -81.49790

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 (1)

  1. Heinrich Unit 1 (Swiw #21) InjectionInjection well (Class II)
    What it is
    Injection well (Class II)
    Operator
    Deeprock Disposal Solutions Llc
    County
    Washington County
    API well number
    34167294450000
    Coordinates
    39.42994, -81.51087

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.

Superfund sites (2)

  1. Marietta Industrial EnterprisesSuperfund program · Marietta
    Address
    17943 Sr7, Marietta, OH 45750
    County
    Washington County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHN000505464
    EPA registry ID
    110067036040
  2. Union Carbide Corporation Site B LandfillSuperfund program · Marietta
    Address
    State Route 7, Marietta, OH 45750
    County
    Washington County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHD980612147
    EPA registry ID
    110009304635

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Superfund (SEMS) and National Priorities List sites. Many program sites were assessed and needed no cleanup.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (9)

  1. Americas Styrenics LlcToxics Release Inventory · Marietta
    Address
    17401 State Rte 7, Marietta, OH 45750
    County
    Washington County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45750CHVRNROUTE
    EPA registry ID
    110008469754
  2. Asphalt Materials, Inc.Toxics Release Inventory · Marietta
    Address
    505 River Lane, Marietta, OH 45750
    County
    Washington County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4575WSPHLT13925
    EPA registry ID
    110041626121
  3. Energizer Battery Manufacturing IncToxics Release Inventory · Marietta
    Address
    2036 Blue Knob Rd, Marietta, OH 45750
    County
    Washington County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
    EPA program ID
    45750VRDYBCOUNT
    EPA registry ID
    110041552897
  4. Eramet Marietta Metallurgical PlantToxics Release Inventory · Marietta
    Address
    16705 Oh-7, Marietta, OH 45750
    County
    Washington County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
    EPA program ID
    45750LKMMTROUTE
    EPA registry ID
    110000741966
  5. Eramet Marietta, Inc.Toxics Release Inventory · Marietta
    Address
    St. Rt. #7 South, Marietta, OH 45750
    County
    Washington County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4575WRMTMRSTRT7
    EPA registry ID
    110041009921
  6. Lakeland PolymerToxics Release Inventory · Marietta
    Address
    1143 Blue Knob Rd, Marietta, OH 45750
    County
    Washington County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    TRI_OFFSITE_1181
    EPA registry ID
    110070691703
  7. Marietta Industrial Enterprises (0684000148)Toxics Release Inventory · Marietta
    Address
    17943 State Route 7, Marietta, OH 45750
    County
    Washington County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45750MRTTNOHIOS
    EPA registry ID
    110008115397
  8. Mplx Terminals LlcToxics Release Inventory · Marietta
    Address
    655 River Ln, Marietta, OH 45750
    County
    Washington County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    45750MRTTHOLDRT
    EPA registry ID
    110064191351
  9. Syensqo Specialty Polymers Usa LlcToxics Release Inventory · Marietta
    Address
    17005 Oh-7, Marietta, OH 45750
    County
    Washington County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45750MCPRFPOBOX
    EPA registry ID
    110038496712

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.

Spills reported since 2021 (16)

  1. Lime (Caco3)2025-08-16 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2025-08-16
    What spilled
    Lime (Caco3)
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2508EPA0001381
  2. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2025-08-13 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2025-08-13
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S); Antifreeze Vehicle Cooling
    Largest amount reported
    40 gallons
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2508EPA0001363
  3. Chlorobenzene2025-06-10 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2025-06-10
    What spilled
    Chlorobenzene
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2506EPA0000945
  4. Oil Mineral / Baby Oil / White Oil / Liquid Paraffin2025-01-23 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2025-01-23
    What spilled
    Oil Mineral / Baby Oil / White Oil / Liquid Paraffin
    Largest amount reported
    20 gallons
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2501EPA0000093
  5. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road) Reached water2024-09-27 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2024-09-27
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Reached a waterway
    84 - Ohio River
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2409EPA0001660
  6. Natural Gas2023-10-29 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2023-10-29
    What spilled
    Natural Gas
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2310EPA0001850
  7. Asphalt / Bitumen Reached water2023-10-23 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2023-10-23
    What spilled
    Asphalt / Bitumen; Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2310EPA0001813
  8. Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos) Reached water2023-08-07 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2023-08-07
    What spilled
    Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)
    Reached a waterway
    84 - Ohio River
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2308EPA0001351
  9. Cobalt (Co)2023-06-01 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2023-06-01
    What spilled
    Cobalt (Co)
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2306EPA0000905
  10. Oil Crude Reached water2023-05-22 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2023-05-22
    What spilled
    Oil Crude
    Reached a waterway
    84 - Mile Run
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2305EPA0000833
  11. Sewage Human Reached water2023-04-25 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2023-04-25
    What spilled
    Sewage Human
    Reached a waterway
    84 - Wolf Creek
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2304EPA0000664
  12. Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2022-03-24 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2022-03-24
    What spilled
    Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
    Largest amount reported
    55 gallons
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2203EPA0000403
  13. Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle Reached water2021-07-07 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2021-07-07
    What spilled
    Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
    Reached a waterway
    84 - Turkeyhen Run
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2107EPA0001003
  14. Oil Crude2021-03-22 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2021-03-22
    What spilled
    Oil Crude
    Largest amount reported
    1,500 gallons
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2103EPA0000376
  15. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-02-10 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2026-02-10
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2602EPA0000149
  16. Material Undetermined / Other2026-01-21 · Warren Twp
    Reported
    2026-01-21
    What spilled
    Material Undetermined / Other
    Where
    Warren Twp, Washington County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2601EPA0000081

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

Local government

Who holds office in Warren Township, Washington County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2023-11-07 Township Trustee Dan Foy 729, 55.82%; Paul Mason 296, 22.66%; Joseph Wellspring 281, 21.52%
2023-11-07 Township Fiscal Officer Amy McKenzie 617, 50.37%; Paula J. Webb 608, 49.63%
2019-11-05 Township Trustee Jeffrey G. Knowlton 461, 100.0%
2019-11-05 Township Fiscal Officer Callie A. Benedict 137, 27.57%; Amy McKenzie 360, 72.43%

Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.

Auditor of State record

Quick answers

What county is Warren Township, Ohio in?

Warren Township, Washington County is a township in Washington County, Ohio, with 3,953 residents.

When was Warren Township, Ohio founded?

Warren Township, Washington County was settled 1804-1805 (Seth Bailey, Elias Newton, and the Cole family); incorporated September 10, 1810. Founders on record: the Washington County commissioners. Source

How did Warren Township, Ohio get its name?

Not established in the sources checked; the township shares its name with four others in Ohio, most likely honoring Revolutionary War General Joseph Warren, a common namesake for Ohio townships of this name, though no source specific to this township confirms it. Source

What ZIP code is Warren Township, Ohio?

Warren Township, Washington County is served by ZIP codes 45729 and 45750; 45729 holds the largest share of its residents.

Where does Warren Township, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Warren Township, Washington County (Marietta City): Mostly private wells.

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