Local events in Windsor Township, Ashtabula County
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How Windsor Township, Ashtabula County began
Windsor Township's first house went up in 1799, built by George Phelps on the creek that still carries his name; Judge Solomon Griswold followed in 1800 with his family of six children and became the township's most influential early figure, hosting its 1811 organizing meeting at his own house after it was detached from Middlefield Township. Settlers found an old stone fortification near Windsor Mills overlooking the Grand River, and Native people continued returning to camp in the area each fall for years after settlement began. The township's most memorable early landmark was a plain, warm-weather-only Episcopal meeting house built in 1816 and nicknamed "Solomon's Temple" after Griswold's generosity in building it; today the township is known for the Wiswell Road Covered Bridge and Windsor Mills' sandstone quarry.
Settled 1799 (George Phelps, first settler), incorporated 1811 (organized, detached from Middlefield Township), by George Phelps, first settler; Solomon Griswold, leading early organizer.
Where the name comes from
No source consulted gives an explicit origin for the name Windsor, though the Western Reserve's townships were commonly named for Connecticut and New England towns their settlers came from; Windsor, Connecticut is one of the oldest towns in that state. Windsor is not the only township of that name in Ohio.
Before the town
Early settlers found an old Native fortification near Windsor Mills, described as a double stone fortification positioned to overlook the Grand River -- a defensive site whose builders and date are not identified in the source. More strikingly, the 1924 township history records that Native people did not simply vanish ahead of settlement here: "for a long time they came back in large numbers every fall and pitched their camps," returning seasonally to the area well after Euro-American families had settled it. No nation is named for either the fortification or the seasonal camps in the source consulted.
- Stone fortification near Windsor Mills (earthwork) — near Windsor Mills, overlooking the Grand River, undetermined (conneautohio.us)
- Seasonal fall camps (camp) — Windsor Township, location not specified, continuing seasonally after settlement began, early 1800s (conneautohio.us)
Timeline
- — George Phelps arrives and builds the first house in the township, on the bank of what becomes Phelps Creek.
- — Solomon Griswold arrives with his family of six children and becomes the township's leading early citizen.
- — Eli Porter, a resident of Austinburg, dies at Griswold's home -- the township's first recorded death.
- — Keziah Griswold teaches the township's first school, held in S. D. Sackett's blacksmith shop.
- — Jonathan Higley and Keziah Griswold marry, the township's first wedding.
- — Windsor Township is organized, detached from Middlefield Township, with its first meeting held at Solomon Griswold's house.
- — A Methodist Episcopal Society organizes in the township; it builds its own church in 1827.
- — An Episcopal meeting house, plain and usable only in warm weather, is built and nicknamed "Solomon's Temple" for Solomon Griswold's generosity in funding it.
- — A Wesleyan Methodist congregation organizes in the township, followed by a Universalist congregation in 1868.
- — The Wiswell Road Covered Bridge in Windsor Township is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- — Two cheese factories in the township are producing about three tons of cheese daily, and Windsor Mills has grown into a milling center under Achland Skinner, later known for its sandstone quarry supplying stone for county culverts and bridges.
Stories
Solomon's Temple
By 1816, Windsor Township's Episcopalian families needed a place to gather, so they put up a meeting house across the road from the Griswold family home -- simple in the extreme, with a puncheon-log floor and plain benches, and usable only in warm weather since it had no way to be heated. Its construction leaned heavily on the generosity of Judge Solomon Griswold, who had arrived in the township in 1800 with six children and become, by the time the church went up, its most prominent citizen: he had hosted the township's very first organizing meeting at his own house in 1811. In gratitude, or perhaps in gentle local humor, residents took to calling the little building "Solomon's Temple," a nickname that stuck in local memory long after the structure itself was gone. It served double duty as both a house of worship and a schoolroom for secular instruction -- one modest building doing the work that, in a larger town, might have needed two or three.
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · conneautohio.us · en.wikipedia.org
Historic places
2 places in Windsor Township, Ashtabula County on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Windsor Mills Christ Church EpiscopalBuilding · Windsor Mills · listed 1975
- Address
- Wisell Rd. and U.S. 322
- Where
- Windsor Mills, Ashtabula County · ZIP 44099
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1975
- NRIS reference number
- 75001319
- Coordinates
- 41.53598, -80.96169
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
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Wiswell Road Covered BridgeStructure · Windsor Mills · listed 1973
- Address
- Wiswell Rd. over Phelps Creek
- Where
- Windsor Mills, Ashtabula County · ZIP 44099
- What it is
- Structure
- Listed on the National Register
- 1973
- NRIS reference number
- 73001386
- Coordinates
- 41.53318, -80.96379
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
- Orwell Village53% of residentsGroundwater wells (6 wells)
- Middlefield Village42% of residentsGroundwater wells (3 wells)
- Middlefield Mobile Home Park5% of residentsGroundwater wells (11 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Windsor Township, Ashtabula County's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station, 2 high-hazard dams, 4 private schools, 1 museum, 6 shale and injection wells and 1 spill case. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Windsor Fire and RescueWindsor
- Address
- 5360 Mayfield Road, Windsor, OH 44099
- Coordinates
- 41.53511, -80.94343
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 (2)
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Camp Whitewood Lake DamTributary To Phelps Creek · condition: fair
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Fair (assessed 10/28/2021)
- River or stream
- Tributary To Phelps Creek
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 20 ft
- Storage
- 97 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1967
- Owner type
- Private
- County
- Ashtabula County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Circle Resort
- Last inspection
- 10/28/2021
- Emergency action plan
- No
- NID ID
- OH00396
National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Naji Lake Dam PoorMill Creek · condition: poor
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Poor (assessed 10/28/2021)
- River or stream
- Mill Creek
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 19 ft
- Storage
- 85 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1963
- Owner type
- Private
- County
- Ashtabula County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Mechanicsville
- Last inspection
- 10/28/2021
- Emergency action plan
- No
- NID ID
- OH01191
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.
Private schools (4)
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County Line SchoolPrivate, religious, independent · Windsor
- Address
- 7001 State Route 322, Windsor, OH 44099
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 36
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 18
- Phone
- (440) 272-5142
- NCES private school ID
- A1302295
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Indian Creek SchoolPrivate, religious, independent · Orwell
- Address
- 4819 Montgomery Rd, Orwell, OH 44076
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 45
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 22.5
- NCES private school ID
- A1302353
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Warner's Hollow SchoolPrivate, religious, independent · Middlefield
- Address
- 8619 Fletcher Rd, Middlefield, OH 44062
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 42
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 21
- Phone
- (440) 272-5243
- NCES private school ID
- A1302563
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Woodland View SchoolPrivate, religious, independent · Middlefield
- Address
- 17467 Burton Windsor Rd, Middlefield, OH 44062
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 41
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 2
- Students per teacher
- 20.5
- Phone
- (440) 636-6292
- NCES private school ID
- A1302583
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (1)
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Windsor Historical SocietyHistorical society · Windsor
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Windsor
- Coordinates
- 41.53544, -80.96839
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.
Shale and injection wells (6)
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Clinton Oil (Swiw #31) 2 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- B & B Disposal Services, Inc.
- County
- Ashtabula County
- API well number
- 34007231770000
- Coordinates
- 41.55583, -80.99519
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Clinton Oil Co (Swiw #34) 3 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- B & B Disposal Services, Inc.
- County
- Ashtabula County
- API well number
- 34007231930000
- Coordinates
- 41.55089, -80.99530
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Clinton Oil Co Unit(Swiw #30) 1-973 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- B & B Disposal Services, Inc.
- County
- Ashtabula County
- API well number
- 34007230970000
- Coordinates
- 41.56157, -80.99305
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Clinton Oil Swiw {Swiw#21} 2 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- B & B Disposal Services, Inc.
- County
- Ashtabula County
- API well number
- 34007232620000
- Coordinates
- 41.56249, -80.99270
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Miller & Co (Swiw #32) 1 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- B & B Disposal Services, Inc.
- County
- Ashtabula County
- API well number
- 34007236920000
- Coordinates
- 41.55412, -80.99011
ODNR oil and gas wells (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Miller & Co. (Swiw #28) 3 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
- What it is
- Injection well (Class II)
- Operator
- B & B Disposal Services, Inc.
- County
- Ashtabula County
- API well number
- 34007243550000
- Coordinates
- 41.55333, -80.99127
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.
Spills reported since 2021 (1)
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Reported spill Reached water2024-09-25 · Windsor Twp
- Reported
- 2024-09-25
- Reached a waterway
- 04 - Phelps Creek
- Where
- Windsor Twp, Ashtabula County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2409EPA0001643
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 Windsor Township, Ashtabula 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44099 Windsor Township and Windsor | 72% | Mostly private wells | 2.5 pCi/L average radon | Parcel list only | Grand Valley Local · 3.5 stars overall | 1.4% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 44076 Orwell Township and Orwell | 7% | Mostly private wells | 3.3 pCi/L average radon | Parcel list only | Grand Valley Local · 3.5 stars overall | 4.2% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 44062 Middlefield Township and Middlefield | 3% | Mostly private wells | 3.6 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1985 | Cardinal Local · 3.5 stars overall | 0.8% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Windsor Township, Ashtabula County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Money issues on the ballot since 2020: 5 of 7 passed.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | 22: 22 Windsor Township 1M Ambulance (1.0 mills) | 247 | 144 | Passed (63.17% for) |
| 2023-11-07 | 23: 23 Windsor Township 2M Curr Exp (2.0 mills) | 190 | 196 | Failed (49.22% for) |
| 2023-11-07 | 24: 24 Windsor Township 2.5M Roads (2.5 mills) | 231 | 156 | Passed (59.69% for) |
| 2022-11-08 | 28: 28 Windsor Twp Parks+Recreation 1 Mill (1.0 mills) | 180 | 245 | Failed (42.35% for) |
| 2020-11-03 | 21: 21 Windsor Twp 1M Roads (1.0 mills) | 421 | 187 | Passed (69.24% for) |
| 2020-11-03 | 22: 22 Windsor Twp 2M Fire (2.0 mills) | 436 | 175 | Passed (71.36% for) |
| 2020-11-03 | 23: 23 Windsor Twp 2.5M Fire (2.5 mills) | 361 | 248 | Passed (59.28% for) |
| 2019-11-05 | 25: 25 Windsor Twp Parks | 109 | 127 | Failed (46.19% for) |
| 2019-05-07 | 9: 9 Windsor Twp Amb+EMS | 100 | 44 | Passed (69.44% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | Township Fiscal Officer | Carla A. Slusher 316, 100.0% |
| 2019-11-05 | Township Trustee | Jeff Merritt 204, 100.0% |
| 2019-11-05 | Township Fiscal Officer | Carla A. Slusher 206, 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, 2022 to 2023, released 2024-07-25
The county
Ashtabula County: 15 ZIP codes, 38 cities, villages and townships, 98,190 people.
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Quick answers
What county is Windsor Township, Ohio in?
Windsor Township, Ashtabula County is a township in Ashtabula County, Ohio, with 2,659 residents.
When was Windsor Township, Ohio founded?
Windsor Township, Ashtabula County was settled 1799 (George Phelps, first settler); incorporated 1811 (organized, detached from Middlefield Township). Founders on record: George Phelps, first settler; Solomon Griswold, leading early organizer. Source
What ZIP code is Windsor Township, Ohio?
Windsor Township, Ashtabula County is served by ZIP codes 44099, 44076 and 44062; 44099 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Windsor Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Windsor Township, Ashtabula County (Orwell Village): Mostly private wells.
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