Local events in Washington Township, Logan County
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Lakes near Washington Township, Logan County
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How Washington Township, Logan County began
Washington Township, in western Logan County, was organized in 1839 and holds the lakeside village of Russells Point and the community of Lewistown, both on the shore of Indian Lake, whose southern basin extends into the township. Indian Lake began as small natural lakes and wetlands that settlers had already named for the region's Native inhabitants, and was dammed and expanded in the 1850s into the 6,334-acre Lewistown Reservoir to feed the Miami and Erie Canal; it was later renamed Indian Lake and became a resort destination. The township holds Dunns Pond Mound, a Native American earthwork built between roughly 300 BC and AD 600, and the McColly Covered Bridge (1876), and it was struck directly by a deadly EF-3 tornado on March 14, 2024.
Incorporated 1839, by organized as a township in 1839.
Where the name comes from
Washington Township is one of 43 townships of that name in Ohio, following the common practice of naming townships for George Washington; no source consulted gives a more specific local naming story.
Before the town
Washington Township holds direct evidence of both prehistoric and historic Native presence. Dunns Pond Mound, on the National Register of Historic Places, is a burial mound built between about 300 BC and AD 600 (the Hopewell/early Late Woodland period) on the shore of Dunns Pond in the township's north. In the historic era, the township lay near the southern edge of the Lewistown Reserve, a 48-square-mile reservation set aside for the Shawnee and Seneca (Mingo) by the 1817 Treaty of the Maumee Rapids, centered on the Shawnee village of Lewistown (named for Shawnee chief John Lewis, who had settled there around 1796). The reserve's Native residents were removed west in 1832 after an 1831 treaty sold the reservation to the United States; the community of Lewistown in the township preserves the name. The natural lakes and wetlands later dammed to form the reservoir were already known locally by names referencing the region's Native inhabitants before the 1850s engineering project, which is how the reservoir came to be called, and remains, Indian Lake.
Nations recorded here: Shawnee, Mingo (Seneca-Cayuga).
- Dunns Pond Mound (mound) — Dunns Pond, northern Washington Township, c. 300 BC - AD 600 (en.wikipedia.org)
- Lewistown (Lewis' Town) and the Lewistown Reserve (village) — Lewistown, Washington Township, part of a 48-square-mile reservation, 1796-1832 (treaties.okstate.edu)
Timeline
- — Shawnee chief John Lewis (Quatawapea) and his followers established the village of Lewistown, just north of the Greenville Treaty line, in what became Washington Township.
- — The Treaty of the Maumee Rapids (September 29) set aside the 48-square-mile Lewistown Reserve for the Shawnee and Seneca around Lewistown.
- — The Lewistown Reserve was sold to the United States by treaty.
- — The Shawnee and Seneca of the Lewistown Reserve were removed west.
- — Washington Township was organized.
- — Engineers dammed and expanded the area's natural lakes into the 6,334-acre Lewistown Reservoir to feed the Sidney Feeder of the Miami and Erie Canal; the reservoir was built in part by Irish laborers, whose spillway outlet near present State Route 366 marks the start of the Great Miami River.
- — The McColly Covered Bridge was built over the Great Miami River at the Washington-Bloomfield township line by the Anderson Green Company of Sidney for $3,103, named for landowner Nicholas McColly.
- — An EF-3 tornado with winds up to 155 mph struck the Indian Lake area on March 14, killing at least three people and severely damaging Russells Point and Lakeview.
Stories
A canal reservoir that outlived the canal
In the 1850s, engineers building the Miami and Erie Canal needed a dependable water supply to feed the Sidney Feeder that kept the canal's locks working between Toledo and Cincinnati. They found it in the small natural lakes and wetlands of western Logan County, land that had been part of the Lewistown Reserve, a Shawnee and Seneca reservation only sold to the United States in 1831. Irish laborers dammed and expanded the wetlands into the 6,334-acre Lewistown Reservoir, whose spillway outlet near present State Route 366 became the head of the Great Miami River. The irony came almost immediately: railroads soon made canals obsolete, and the reservoir that had cost so much labor to build never carried the canal traffic it was made for. Instead it became, under its later name Indian Lake, Ohio's second-largest inland lake and a resort destination, with Russells Point growing up on its shore as a lakeside village after a post office opened there in 1913.
The 2024 tornado at Indian Lake
On the evening of March 14, 2024, a tornado touched down as part of a larger outbreak moving across the Midwest and strengthened to EF-3 strength, with winds reaching 155 miles per hour and a path more than 1,000 yards wide at its peak. It tracked more than 31 miles through Auglaize and Logan counties, striking a campground at Lakeview before crossing into Russells Point on the shore of Indian Lake. The storm killed at least three people, injured 27, and caused an estimated $6 million in damage, making it the deadliest tornado of that outbreak. Homes and businesses across the village were severely damaged or destroyed; the community's recovery, including work on the village water system, was still ongoing the following year.
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · hmdb.org · en.wikipedia.org · loganhistory.org · treaties.okstate.edu
Historic places
1 place in Washington Township, Logan County on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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McColly Covered BridgeStructure · Bloom Center · listed 1975
- Address
- 2 mi. SE of Bloom Center
- Where
- Bloom Center, Logan County · ZIP 43318
- What it is
- Structure
- Listed on the National Register
- 1975
- NRIS reference number
- 75001458
- Coordinates
- 40.40104, -83.92418
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.
Water
Mostly private wells The water here
- Russells Point Village61% of residentsGroundwater wells (3 wells)
- Degraff Village22% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Lakeview Village15% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Holiday Shores MHP1% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Sci Lakeridge Estates, Llc0% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Washington Township, Logan County's boundary: 1 health center, 1 power plant, 1 high-hazard dam, 3 public schools, 1 museum, 1 police station, 1 public charging site, 1 Toxics Release Inventory facility and 4 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Community health centers (1)
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Indian Lake Community Health CenterHealth center · Russells Point
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Russells Point
- Coordinates
- 40.46842, -83.87149
Find a Health Center (HRSA) ↗ HRSA data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: HRSA health center service delivery sites, active, September 2026 (school-based sites left out). Health centers see patients whether or not they have insurance, with fees on a sliding scale.
Power plants (1)
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RP WindWind · 3 MW
- Capacity
- 3 MW
- Main source
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Consolidated Edison Solutions Inc.
- Sector
- IPP Non-CHP
- Where
- Russells Point, Logan County
- Generating units
- 1
- Built
- 2013
- EIA plant code
- 58630
EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (February 2025), with plant codes, units and years from EIA-860 2025.
High-hazard dams (1)
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Indian Lake Dam PoorGreat Miami River · condition: poor
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Poor (assessed 11/08/2019)
- River or stream
- Great Miami River
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 16 ft
- Storage
- 30,322 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1852
- Owner type
- State
- County
- Logan County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Russells Point
- Last inspection
- 11/26/2024
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH00596
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.
Public schools (3)
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Indian Lake Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Lewistown
- Address
- 8770 Co Rd 91, Lewistown, OH 43333
- School district
- Indian Lake Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 541
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 32
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 89%
- Ohio building IRN
- 019653
- NCES school ID
- 390480803106
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Indian Lake High School3.5 of 5 stars · Lewistown
- Address
- 6210 State Route 235 N, Lewistown, OH 43333
- School district
- Indian Lake Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 492
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 23
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 80.9%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 98.3%
- Ohio building IRN
- 017343
- NCES school ID
- 390480803105
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Indian Lake Middle School4.5 of 5 stars · Lewistown
- Address
- 8920 County Road 91, Lewistown, OH 43333
- School district
- Indian Lake Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 400
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 25
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 86.7%
- Ohio building IRN
- 017335
- NCES school ID
- 390480803107
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (1)
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Indian Lake Area Historical SocietyHistorical society · Russells Point
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Russells Point
- Coordinates
- 40.46928, -83.88714
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.
Police stations (1)
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Washington Township Police DepartmentLewistown
- Address
- 7464 County Highway 91, Lewistown, OH 43333
- Coordinates
- 40.42080, -83.88225
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.
Public EV charging (1)
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HTM HTM STATION 114 Level 2 · Russells Point
- Address
- 6964 OH-235, Russells Point, OH 43348
- Ports
- 14 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (1)
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Honda Transmission Manufacturing of America IncToxics Release Inventory · Russells Point
- Address
- 6964 St.Rte. 235 N., Russells Point, OH 43348
- County
- Logan County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43348BLLMR6964S
- EPA registry ID
- 110056965039
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.
Spills reported since 2021 (4)
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2024-03-17 · Washington
- Reported
- 2024-03-17
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Where
- Washington, Logan County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2403EPA0000424
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Natural Gas2024-03-15 · Washington Twp
- Reported
- 2024-03-15
- What spilled
- Natural Gas
- Where
- Washington Twp, Logan County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2403EPA0000409
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-03-06 · Washington Twp
- Reported
- 2023-03-06
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 95 gallons
- Where
- Washington Twp, Logan County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2303EPA0000348
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-04-13 · Russells Point
- Reported
- 2022-04-13
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 100 gallons
- Where
- Russells Point, Logan County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2204EPA0000502
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, Logan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43333 Washington Township and Lewistown | 62% | Mostly private wells | 6.3 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1970 | Indian Lake Local · 4 stars overall | 17% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43348 Russells Point | 30% | Groundwater wells (3 wells) | 2.3 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1965 | Indian Lake Local · 4 stars overall | 11% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43318 Degraff and De Graff | 12% | Mostly private wells | 7.4 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1965 | Riverside Local · 3.5 stars overall | 6.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43331 Stokes Township and Lakeview | 9% | Mostly private wells | 2.4 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1963 | Indian Lake Local · 4 stars overall | 18% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 43324 Mcarthur Township and Huntsville | 4% | Mostly private wells | 3.9 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1973 | Indian Lake Local · 4 stars overall | 2.9% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
The county
Logan County: 14 ZIP codes, 33 cities, villages and townships, 49,613 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Washington Township, Ohio in?
Washington Township, Logan County is a township in Logan County, Ohio, with 2,031 residents.
When was Washington Township, Ohio founded?
Washington Township, Logan County was incorporated 1839. Founders on record: organized as a township in 1839. Source
How did Washington Township, Ohio get its name?
Washington Township is one of 43 townships of that name in Ohio, following the common practice of naming townships for George Washington; no source consulted gives a more specific local naming story. Source
What ZIP code is Washington Township, Ohio?
Washington Township, Logan County is served by ZIP codes 43333, 43348, 43318, 43331 and 43324; 43333 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Washington Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Washington Township, Logan County (Russells Point Village): Mostly private wells.
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