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How Washington Township, Harrison County began
Washington Township, in the western part of Harrison County, is five miles by six and was organized by the county commissioners on December 6, 1824. Lewis Davidson of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, settled in 1809. The village of Tippecanoe was platted in December 1840 by Alfred Heacock and named for the 'Tippecanoe and Tyler too' campaign of William Henry Harrison. Stillwater Creek powered Heacock's flour mill, which ran until about 1908; coal was mined from the hillsides for a century, and a stone industry cut flagging and grindstones until about 1905. The township had 1,207 people in 1890 and 640 in 2020; Clendening Lake, a Muskingum Watershed reservoir on Brushy Fork, lies near Tippecanoe.
Settled 1809 (Lewis Davidson), platted December 1840 (Tippecanoe), incorporated December 6, 1824 (organized as a township), by Harrison County commissioners.
Where the name comes from
No source consulted gives the reason for the township's name; it is one of forty-three Washington Townships in Ohio. The village of Tippecanoe was named for the 1840 presidential campaign slogan 'Tippecanoe and Tyler too', according to Lewis's 1921 history.
Before the town
No Native village, mound, burial or battle site is recorded for Washington 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
- — Lewis Davidson, from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, settles in the township; William Huff and Robert Parks follow in 1810 and Jesse Huff and Nathaniel Gilmore in 1811.
- — John Huff and John Henry Carver, from Germany, settle in the township; John Cooper follows in 1813.
- — The county commissioners organize Washington Township.
- — A post office called Norrisville, from which mail was fetched from Steubenville, is the township's first (listed 1837 or 1841).
- — Alfred Heacock plats the village of Tippecanoe, named for the 'Tippecanoe and Tyler too' campaign of William Henry Harrison, and builds a flour mill on Stillwater Creek that he runs until 1846.
- — The Tippecanoe post office opens and has operated since.
- — After the Civil War William Dunlap is postmaster at Tippecanoe, keeping the office in a 10-by-12-foot building that stood until about 1920.
- — The Boyds replace the burr stones of the Tippecanoe mill with the roller process; the mill, in the family for over forty years, closes about 1908.
- — The census counts 1,207 people in Washington Township; the count is 1,247 in 1900 and 986 in 1910.
- — Until about 1890 coal at Tippecanoe is got only by drifting into the hillside; the Stillwater Mining Company then goes down 112 feet.
- — The stone industry at Tippecanoe, which had cut flagging and grindstones, declines with the rise of cement.
- — The census counts 976 people; Tippecanoe has about 500, two churches, a school and a Knights of Pythias lodge, and the Stillwater Mining Company mines about 160 tons of coal a day.
- — The census counts 640 people; Clendening Lake, about 1,800 acres on Brushy Fork east of Tippecanoe, is part of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.
Stories
Grindstones, flagstones and a flour mill at Tippecanoe
Alfred Heacock laid out Tippecanoe in December 1840 on Stillwater Creek and built the flour mill that gave the village its first industry. He ran it until 1846, when William Boyd bought it, and the Boyds worked it for over forty years, replacing the burr stones with rollers in 1889; the mill shut about 1908. Coal was drifted out of the bluffs for a century, until a shaft went down 112 feet. Quarrying was bigger: machines sawed flagging and window caps and sills, and grindstones were turned out in quantity until a thin streak of flinty rock in the ledge made the stone unusable. Cement sidewalks killed the flagstone trade, and by about 1905 the stone industry had died, leaving the coal miners and a few shops, which Lewis summed up in 1921 with the word 'inevitable'.
'Look and see if you have anything there'
Before Tippecanoe was platted the township's post office was Norrisville, with mail coming from Steubenville. Lewis records that just after the Civil War William Dunlap kept the Tippecanoe office in a 10-by-12-foot building that stood until recently, and that his successor John Stewart took over when mail came from Uhrichsville twice a week. The mail was thrown on a table and patrons invited to 'look and see if you have anything there.' W. A. Boyd, the furniture dealer, served as assistant postmaster under nearly every president since the war; by 1920 three rural carriers served the village.
Local history sources: archive.org · us-data.org · postalhistory.com · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org
Water
Mostly private wells The water here
- Freeport Village100% of residentsGroundwater wells (5 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Washington Township, Harrison County's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station, 1 high-hazard dam, 1 poor-rated bridge, 26 shale and injection wells and 3 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Washington Township Volunteer Fire DepartmentTippecanoe
- Address
- 81125 Gardner Road, Tippecanoe, OH 44699
- Coordinates
- 40.27485, -81.28470
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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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Clendening DamBrushy Fk of Stillwater Ck · condition: not available
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Not Available
- River or stream
- Brushy Fk of Stillwater Ck
- Purpose
- Flood Risk Reduction;Fish and Wildlife Pond;Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 64 ft
- Storage
- 54,000 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1936
- Owner type
- Federal
- County
- Harrison County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Tippecanoe
- Last inspection
- 04/22/2024
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH00012
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.
Bridges rated poor (1)
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Township Rd 101 over Laurel 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
- 14 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 20
- Coordinates
- 40.29148, -81.33046
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 (26)
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Gooding 1-35HdUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067213850000
- Coordinates
- 40.28189, -81.32448
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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Gooding 6-35HdUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067214140100
- Coordinates
- 40.28189, -81.32435
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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Gooding Hws 1AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067218540000
- Coordinates
- 40.28154, -81.32252
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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Gooding Hws 3AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067218550000
- Coordinates
- 40.28152, -81.32247
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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Gooding Hws 5AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067218560000
- Coordinates
- 40.28149, -81.32243
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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Gooding Hws 7AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067218570000
- Coordinates
- 40.28146, -81.32238
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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Kage 210139 1AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067217730000
- Coordinates
- 40.29045, -81.26669
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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Kage 210174 2AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067217710000
- Coordinates
- 40.29046, -81.26663
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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Kage 210281 3AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067217720000
- Coordinates
- 40.29047, -81.26659
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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Kage 210281 4BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067217740000
- Coordinates
- 40.29049, -81.26654
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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Kinsey 1-24 HdUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067210900000
- Coordinates
- 40.28859, -81.28023
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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Kinsey 2-24HdUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067210890100
- Coordinates
- 40.28854, -81.28032
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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Lake Vii 210112 3AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067217620000
- Coordinates
- 40.28569, -81.21874
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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Lake Vii 210112 4BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067217630000
- Coordinates
- 40.28573, -81.21877
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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Lyon 1-27HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067210880000
- Coordinates
- 40.24656, -81.30232
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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Lyon 2-27HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067211170000
- Coordinates
- 40.24649, -81.30234
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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Lyon 3-27HUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Gulfport Appalachia Llc
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067211580000
- Coordinates
- 40.24662, -81.30232
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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Rogue Hws 10AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067218140000
- Coordinates
- 40.29518, -81.26779
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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Rogue Hws 12BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067218780000
- Coordinates
- 40.29543, -81.26753
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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Rogue Hws 14BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067218790000
- Coordinates
- 40.29539, -81.26752
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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Rogue Hws 16BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067218800000
- Coordinates
- 40.29534, -81.26752
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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Rogue Hws 18BUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067218810000
- Coordinates
- 40.29530, -81.26752
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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Rogue Hws 2AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067218100000
- Coordinates
- 40.29536, -81.26780
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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Rogue Hws 4AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067218110000
- Coordinates
- 40.29532, -81.26780
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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Rogue Hws 6AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067218120000
- Coordinates
- 40.29527, -81.26780
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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Rogue Hws 8AUtica shale well
- What it is
- Utica shale well
- Drilled sideways
- Yes
- Operator
- Eog Resources Inc.
- County
- Harrison County
- API well number
- 34067218130000
- Coordinates
- 40.29523, -81.26779
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The point is the surface well head (the pad); a horizontal well runs a mile or more underground from it.
Source: ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources well inventory (September 2026): drilled Utica, Marcellus and horizontal wells and Class II injection wells not plugged. Older vertical wells are on the full map.
Spills reported since 2021 (3)
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Oil Transformer Pcb2025-05-02 · Washington Twp
- Reported
- 2025-05-02
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Pcb
- Where
- Washington Twp, Harrison County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2505EPA0000685
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sewage Human2024-04-14 · Washington Twp
- Reported
- 2024-04-14
- What spilled
- Sewage Human
- Where
- Washington Twp, Harrison County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2404EPA0000617
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-02-19 · Washington Twp
- Reported
- 2026-02-19
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 120 gallons
- Where
- Washington Twp, Harrison County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2602EPA0000204
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Washington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44699 Washington Township and Tippecanoe | 49% | Mostly private wells | 5.5 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1978 | Harrison Hills City · 3 stars overall | 5.4% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43973 Londonderry Township and Freeport | 9% | Mostly private wells | 6.8 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1977 | Harrison Hills City · 3 stars overall | 6.8% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
The county
Harrison County: 10 ZIP codes, 26 cities, villages and townships, 15,422 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Washington Township, Ohio in?
Washington Township, Harrison County is a township in Harrison County, Ohio, with 640 residents.
When was Washington Township, Ohio founded?
Washington Township, Harrison County was settled 1809 (Lewis Davidson); laid out December 1840 (Tippecanoe); incorporated December 6, 1824 (organized as a township). Founders on record: Harrison County commissioners. Source
What ZIP code is Washington Township, Ohio?
Washington Township, Harrison County is served by ZIP codes 44699 and 43973; 44699 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Washington Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Washington Township, Harrison County (Freeport Village): Mostly private wells.
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