Winchester, Ohio | |
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 Location of Winchester, Ohio | |
| Coordinates: 40°36′34″N82°24′19″W / 40.60944°N 82.40528°W Coordinates: 40°36′34″N82°24′19″W / 40.60944°N 82.40528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Richland |
| Township | Worthington |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1074385 [1] |
Winchester is a ghost town in Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio, United States, [1] along the Clear Fork River. [2] It was established south of Newville. [1]
In March 1845, the town of Winchester was laid out in Section 9, on the Clear Fork River by Noble Calhoun. A few houses were erected, but the land upon which it was platted was heavily mortgaged and was later sold at a Sheriff's sale. The town never amounted to more than a few homes. [2]
Richland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 124,475. Its county seat is Mansfield. The county was created in 1808 and later organized in 1813. It is named for the fertile soil found there.
Butler is a village in Richland County in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is part of the Mansfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 933 at the 2010 census.
Lexington is a village in Richland County in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is part of the Mansfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,822 at the 2010 census, an increase from 4,165 in 2000.
Richland Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,482.
Newville is a now defunct town located near what is now Pleasant Hill Lake, in northeastern Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio, United States.
Worthington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2000 census found 2,791 people in the township, 1,870 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Washington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2000 census found 6,777 people in the township, 6,643 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Richland Township is one of the twelve townships of Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 2,920 people in the township, 1,201 of whom lived in the city of Defiance, and 1,719 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Jefferson Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2010 census found 4,851 people in the township, 2,952 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township, and 1,899 in the township's portion of Bellville.
Green Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 3,951.
Hanover Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,050.
The Black Fork is a principal tributary of the Mohican River, 58.4 miles (94.0 km) long, in north-central Ohio in the United States. Via the Mohican, Walhonding, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 351 square miles (910 km2). According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as "Armstrongs Creek" and "Black Fork Creek".
The Clear Fork is a principal tributary of the Mohican River, 36.6 miles (58.9 km) long, in north central Ohio in the United States. Via the Mohican, Walhonding, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 219 square miles (570 km2). According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as "Clear Creek" and as "Clear Fork Mohecan Creek".
Clear Fork Valley Local School District is a public school district serving students in the villages of Bellville and Butler, most of Jefferson Township and Worthington Township, eastern parts of Perry Township, and southern parts of Washington Township in southern Richland County, Ohio, United States. Also the school district extends into northern parts of Pike Township in Knox County. The school district enrolls 1,865 students as of the 2007–2008 academic year.
Pike Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 1,532 people in the township.
Sharon Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 15,969, of whom 1,849 lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Berlin Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 1,738 people in the township.
Jefferson Township is one of fifteen townships in Greene County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,094.
Lenape settlements are villages and other sites founded by Lenape people, a Native American tribe from the Northeastern Woodlands. Many of these sites are located in Ohio.
Lake Logan State Park is an Ohio state park in Hocking County, Ohio, United States. Lake Logan State Park is located in Falls Township, Hocking County, Ohio. Lake Logan Dam is directly accessible off State Route 664 just southwest of the county seat of Logan. Lake Logan State Park lies in the Hocking Valley, formed by the Hocking River. Lake Logan was created in 1955 with the construction of the Lake Logan Dam on Clear Fork Creek, a tributary of the Hocking River. Lake Logan is a 400-acre (160 ha) lake and is open to fishing, boating, ice fishing, ice boating and swimming.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |