Chauncey

• Chauncey's name is commonly pronounced 'CHAN-see,' and locals have long used the pronunciation as a marker of insider vs. outsider status in the area.
• Chauncey was named for Elihu Chauncey, a Philadelphia financier who partnered to buy the local salt-spring operation for $12,500 in 1838.
• The village's 127-acre Chauncey-Dover Community Park, on reclaimed former strip-mine land, anchors the Baileys Trail System; a separate 13.5-acre Sunday Creek wetland preserve nearby was established by the Athens…

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• 1838-39Village founded/platted after Elihu Chauncey, Nicholas Biddle and partners bought Resolved Fuller's salt-well farm for $12,500 in 1838 and laid out the town in 1839; named for Elihu Chauncey.
• 1838-1891Salt wells (concentrated on Bailey Run Rd.) drove the economy for over 50 years until a flood destroyed the last salt well in 1891.
• 1896-1952Deep coal mining became the dominant industry after investors recruited operator William Jones in 1896; New York Coal Co. ceased operations in Chauncey in 1952, citing economic conditions.
• 1932'Chauncey War': striking miners protesting wage cuts exploded the New York Central Railroad bridge near the New York Coal Co.'s Mine #25 on July 12, 1932; National Guard troops (peaking at 449) were…
• 2016The Athens Conservancy established a 13.5-acre wetland preserve and trail along Sunday Creek; the village's separate 127-acre Chauncey-Dover Community Park (on former strip-mined, USFS-transferred…

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How it is treated

Village draws from two groundwater wells and treats/distributes its own supply; specific treatment steps (disinfection, iron/manganese removal, etc.) could not be confirmed because the village's CCR, hosted at ohioruralwater.org, blocked automated access this session as well as previously. This is…

Water pressure

Not published in any source reviewed; no pressure-zone or tank-elevation data found.

$5.67 per 1,000 gallons

Typical household bill about $117 a month for water.

Confirmed directly from the Village of Chauncey's official 2026 rate schedule: in-village water is $33.20 for the first 2,000 gallons then $5.67/1,000 gallons; out-of-town water…

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EPA compliance record

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 1.2 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.

2 violations of any kind logged since 2020, 2 of them paperwork (monitoring, reporting, public notice or consumer report).

Village sits at the confluence of Sunday Creek and the Hocking River (confirmed via Wikipedia) in a historic coal-mining watershed known for acid mine drainage in surface streams; the village itself relies on groundwater wells. Reclaimed strip-mined lowlands near the village were converted into the Chauncey-Dover Community Park and, in…

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Sanitary

Village-operated sanitary sewer system; sewer service is limited to in-village Chauncey customers (out-of-town customers receive water only), per the village's rate schedule. Treatment plant name/capacity/receiving stream not found in sources reviewed. Current sewer rate is $18.05 per 1,000 gallons, effective 1/1/2026 (confirmed).

Storm

Not detailed in sources reviewed.

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Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.