Local events in Washington Township, Morrow County
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How Washington Township, Morrow County began
Washington Township, in the northwestern corner of Morrow County, was organized in 1824 and became part of Morrow County at its formation in 1848. Its principal community is the unincorporated village of Iberia, platted in 1832, which for several decades hosted Iberia College (later Ohio Central College), a Presbyterian institution whose most notable graduate was future U.S. president Warren G. Harding. The township today is mostly farmland with about 1,261 residents.
Incorporated 1824 (organized as a township).
Where the name comes from
One of forty-three Washington Townships across Ohio, named, as is standard for the pattern, in honor of George Washington; no township-specific naming account was found.
Before the town
No Native American village, trail, mound, or treaty site specific to Washington Township itself was found in the sources checked. The township lies within the vast cession made by the Wyandot, Shawnee, Lenape (Delaware), Ottawa and other nations at the 1795 Treaty of Greenville, which opened the interior of Ohio, including this part of Morrow County, to survey and Anglo-American settlement starting in the 1810s. The 1911 county history records Indian presence and named sites elsewhere in the county (an Indian village on the Whetstone River in Cardington Township, mounds near Chesterville and in Canaan Township) but nothing sited within Washington Township's own boundary.
Timeline
- — Washington Township is formally organized.
- — The community that becomes Iberia is founded.
- — Iberia is formally platted by Frederick Meyers and Samuel Foster, most likely named for the Iberian Peninsula.
- — Morrow County is organized from parts of Delaware, Marion, Knox and Richland counties; Washington Township becomes part of the new county.
- — Iberia College operates in the village under Presbyterian Church affiliation; its first president, Rev. George A. Gordon, is convicted for violating the federal Fugitive Slave Law and later refuses a presidential pardon offered by Abraham Lincoln.
- — Iberia reaches its economic peak as a farm-community trading center; the college is by then known as Ohio Central College.
- — The village of Iberia records 431 residents at the U.S. Census; Washington Township as a whole records 1,261.
Stories
The college that produced a president
Iberia was platted in 1832 as a small crossroads village in the newly settling northwestern corner of what became Morrow County. It became, improbably for so small a place, a seat of higher learning: Iberia College, later renamed Ohio Central College, operated there under Presbyterian sponsorship. Its first president, George A. Gordon, was an outspoken abolitionist minister who was convicted of violating the Fugitive Slave Law and, in a striking act of principle, turned down a pardon that Abraham Lincoln offered him. The college's most famous graduate was Warren G. Harding, who went on to become the 29th President of the United States. When the college finally closed, its records and alumni rolls passed to Muskingum College in New Concord. Little of the campus survives, but the story of a small township college producing a president is one of the more surprising threads in Morrow County history.
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · archive.org
Water
Del-Co's East Knox wellfield at Bryant and Lucerne Rds, Wayne Twp, about 5 miles WSW of Fredericktown The water here
- Galion City57% of residentsBlack Fork/Rocky Fork of Olentangy River via Amman, Amick & Powers Reservoirs
- Del-co Water Company, Inc.32% of residentsOlentangy River, O'Shaughnessy and Alum Creek reservoirs, plus Knox County wells
- Mt Gilead Village9% of residentsGroundwater wells (5 wells)
- Candlewood Lake Association Inc2% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Spring Valley Mobile Home Park0% of residentsGroundwater wells (3 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Washington Township, Morrow County's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station, 1 high-hazard dam, 2 poor-rated bridges, 1 shale or injection well, 1 Toxics Release Inventory facility and 2 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Iberia Volunteer Fire CompanyGalion
- Address
- 3450 State Highway 309, Galion, OH 44833
- Coordinates
- 40.66679, -82.85246
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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Amick Upground Reservoir PoorOffstream · condition: poor
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Poor (assessed 12/08/2020)
- River or stream
- Offstream
- Purpose
- Water Supply;Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 40 ft
- Storage
- 1,035 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1968
- Owner type
- Local Government
- County
- Morrow County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Iberia
- Last inspection
- 12/08/2020
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH00686
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 (2)
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Cr30 over Flat RunPoor · built 1988
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1988
- Length
- 14 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 280
- Coordinates
- 40.67296, -82.84491
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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SR 288 over Flat RunPoor · built 1940
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1940
- Length
- 45 ft
- Owner
- State
- Vehicles a day
- 2,532
- Coordinates
- 40.68027, -82.81273
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 (1)
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Poland R & E (Swiw #65) 1 InjectionInjection well (Class II) · Well drilled
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Status (ODNR)
- Well drilled
- Operator
- Pettigrew Pumping Service Inc
- County
- Morrow County
- API well number
- 34117241430000
- Coordinates
- 40.60529, -82.82096
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (1)
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Mac Resources Llc Mt GileadToxics Release Inventory · Mount Gilead
- Address
- 3795 County Rd. 29, Mount Gilead, OH 43338
- County
- Morrow County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43338SMSGP3795C
- EPA registry ID
- 110000605391
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 (2)
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Bentonite / Drilling Mud2026-02-04 · Washington Twp
- Reported
- 2026-02-04
- What spilled
- Bentonite / Drilling Mud
- Where
- Washington Twp, Morrow County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2602EPA0000126
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2026-01-09 · Washington Twp
- Reported
- 2026-01-09
- What spilled
- Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
- Largest amount reported
- 5 gallons
- Where
- Washington Twp, Morrow County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2601EPA0000026
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, Morrow County, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
The county
Crawford County: 8 ZIP codes, 22 cities, villages and townships, 43,874 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Washington Township, Ohio in?
Washington Township, Morrow County is a township in Crawford County, Ohio, with 1,261 residents.
When was Washington Township, Ohio founded?
Washington Township, Morrow County was incorporated 1824 (organized as a township). Source
How did Washington Township, Ohio get its name?
One of forty-three Washington Townships across Ohio, named, as is standard for the pattern, in honor of George Washington; no township-specific naming account was found. Source
What ZIP code is Washington Township, Ohio?
Washington Township, Morrow County is served by ZIP codes 43325, 44833 and 43338; 43325 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Washington Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Washington Township, Morrow County (Galion City): Del-Co's East Knox wellfield at Bryant and Lucerne Rds, Wayne Twp, about 5 miles WSW of Fredericktown.
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