Worthington Twp.
Township 21 / Range 17
Source: ATLAS MAP OF RICHLAND COUNTY, OHIO. Compiled, Drawn & Published from Personal Graminations & Surveys by A.T. Andreas. Chicago, Ill., 1873, p. 77
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WORTHINGTON TOWNSHIP, This township was named after Governor Worthington. Its first settlement was commenced in 1808, by Samuel Lewis, James Cunningham, Andrew Craig and Henry McCart. These four, with their families, formed a nucleus adjoining the old Wm. Darling farm. Samuel Lewis put up the first cabin, on the n.e. quarter of Sec. 1, near the Block House. The Block House was built by the early settlers as a means of defense against the Indians. It stood near the present site of Robert Darling's house. The first school was built on James McConkey's farm. John Filloon was the first teacher. The "Associated Reformed Society" built the first church, about one and one-half miles above the village of Independence. Michael Hogan built the first store, at Newville. Frederick Herring built the first flour mill in 1814, at Newville. Worthington is probably the roughest township in the county, but notwithstanding that seeming defect, it contains also some of the finest farms. The scenery is beautiful. "Hemlock Falls" of the Clear Fork, situated about one and a half miles south of Newville, is a great resort in summer time for the people of the neighborhood. The creek falls seventy-five feet, not perpendicular, but at an angle of about eighty degrees. The last leap is perpendicular for fifteen feet.
** see also: List of some Worthington Twp. Residents
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