Plain Township, Wayne County, Ohio

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Plain Township was established in 1817 and was named because of the plains, or glades, that made up a large part of it.[1] Plain Township was formed from the originally surveyed township 19 in range 14, and contains the northern section of historical Springfield Township.[2]

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Place Names

The following places have been named in Plain Township.

Present Name Former Name(s) Plat Date
Blachleyville 16 Dec 1833
Funk Austin, Brownsville, Hamlet, Kauffman Corners 7 Dec 1894
Jefferson Plain P.O. 30 Jun 1829
Millbrook
Reedsburg laid out Dec 1835; platted 1869
Springville Buffalo, Heath's Corners 16 Dec 1844

Maps

The department has several plat maps available for viewing. Plat maps provide the names of land owners and their location.

1807 Federal Survey Map of Plain Township, Wayne County, Ohio

  • Plain Township Survey Map 1807

1856 Baker's Map of Wayne County, Ohio

  • Plain Township

1873 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio

  • Plain Township

  • Jefferson

  • Millbrook

  • Reedsburg

  • Springville

1897 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio

  • Plain Township

  • Austen

  • Blachleyville

  • Jefferson

  • Millbrook

  • Reedsburg

  • Springville

Indices to Maps

Original Businesses and Owners

Churches

Baptist

  • Baptist Church of Millbrook[3]

Church of Christ

  • Blachleyville Church of Christ[4]

Evangelical

  • Evangelical Church[5]

Lutheran

  • Lutheran Church[6]
  • Plain Church[7]
  • Christ's Lutheran Church

Methodist

Reformed

  • Reformed Church of Reedsburg[9]

Unknown Denomination

  • Maple Grove Church[10]
  • Disciple Church[11]

Photos

  • Blachleyville Church of Christ. Plain Township.jpg

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  • Plain Amish Church, Plain Township.jpg

[13]

Schools

The early Wayne County school house was patterned very much after the log houses of that era. Heat was obtained from a fireplace located at one end of the house, light from the window frames cut out of the log; and a single door with latch and string served as an entrance and exit.

Early schools were constructed by subscription. Parents subscribed a stipulated amount for each of their school-age children. Subscriptions were usually for a quarter of the year, with the school beginning November 1st. Fifteen students would be a normal-size enrollment, with attendance being about two-thirds.

Instructors were highly regarded in the community, even to reverence, and were considered a master. Subjects taught were “the three R’s”: Reading, ‘Riting and ‘Rithmatic. If the teacher could teach the above he was hired with no further examination.

In 1858, the first general law on free public schools was passed. Plain Township was the first to act in Wayne County and built a new school house called Peoples College. There was much controversy over this "college" as they were then called.[14]

Active Schools

For a map of local school districts, visit GreatSchools.org

  • Hillsdale Local Schools [15]
  • Northwestern Local Schools [16]
  • Triway Local Schools [17]

Historical One Room Schools

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Residents

Early Settlers[18]

  • Philip Arnold
  • Aaron Baird
  • Cyrus Baird
  • William B. Blachley
  • Augustus Case
  • John Cassiday
  • John Collier
  • Robert Eason
  • John Folgate
  • Elder French
  • William Goodfellow
  • George Lozier
  • David Lozier
  • William Meeks
  • Benedict Mellinger
  • Daniel Miller
  • William and Henry Rouch
  • William Sidle
  • John Tryon
  • Benjamin White

Census Records

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Wedding Officiants

The following ministers are recorded as having officiated weddings in Plain Township.

Minister Date Other townships Denomination
Anderson, A. E. 1870 . Baptist
Buell, A. J. 1840 . Baptist
Burke, John 1840 . Baptist
Burton, N. S. 1864 . Baptist
Crandall, Nelson . . Baptist
Dillman, George 1870 Wooster (city) Lutheran
Excell, J. J. 1850 . Reformed
Felger, Joseph 1876 . Evangelical
Foglesong, M. P. 1873 . Lutheran
Fry, Jacob 1850 . Lutheran
Guinther, C. C. 1840 . Lutheran
Helwig, Adam 1861 . Lutheran
Himes, Jesse 1850 . Reformed
Jones, Harrison 1856 . Disciples
Keiffer, S. P. 1850 . Lutheran
Kuhn, Andrew 1840 East Union Lutheran
Leiter, George 1840 Wooster Lutheran
Martens, D. 1860 Wooster Lutheran
Miller, S. W. 1868 Wooster (city) Presbyterian
Penny, T. J. 1850 Wooster Baptist
Porter, James K. 1840 . Baptist
Samis, James 1878 . Baptist
Schlosser, Jesse 1840 . Reformed
Shaffer, George W. 1840 . Lutheran
Smith, A. M. 1850 . Lutheran
Smith, D. W. 1873 . Lutheran
Spafford, Christian 1850 . Methodist
Sparr, W. M. 1863 . Lutheran
Starr, John S. 1840 . Methodist
Stump, Adam 1870 . Reformed
Taylor, G. W. 1850 . Baptist

Photos of Residences

Cemeteries

  • Blachleyville [19]
  • Blackman [20]
  • Fike [21]
  • Hiner [22]
  • Jefferson Evangelical [23]
  • Maple Grove Methodist [24]
  • Miller – Ken [25]
  • Miller / Neidigh / Stair [26]
  • Pioneer Troxel [27]
  • Plain Lutheran [28]
  • Pleasant View / Yankeetown [29]
  • Rathburn [30]
  • Reedsburg [31]
  • Rittenhouse / Troxel [32]
  • Rittenhouse / Weltmer Evangelical [33]
  • Section Fourteen [34]

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References

  1. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 639.
  2. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 58.
  3. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 650.
  4. ↑ Wayne County History Book Committee. A History of Wayne County, Ohio. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1987. pg. 48.
  5. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 651.
  6. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 650.
  7. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 651.
  8. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 651.
  9. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 650.
  10. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 650.
  11. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 651.
  12. ↑ "Plain Township, Wayne County, Ohio". en.wikipedia.org. 2019. 
  13. ↑ [https:http://www.amish365.com/the-other-plain-church/ "The "Other" Plain Church"]. www.amish365.com. 2019. 
  14. ↑ Wayne County Scrapbook, compliments of McIntire,Davis & Greene Funeral Home.
  15. ↑ Hillsdale Local Schools. http://www.hillsdale.k12.oh.us/.
  16. ↑ Northwestern Local Schools. http://www.northwestern-wayne.k12.oh.us/.
  17. ↑ Triway Local Schools. http://www.triway.k12.oh.us/.
  18. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 642.
  19. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html
  20. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html
  21. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html
  22. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html
  23. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html
  24. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html
  25. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html
  26. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html
  27. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html
  28. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html
  29. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html
  30. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html
  31. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html
  32. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html
  33. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html
  34. ↑ Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society - Cross Reference of Cemeteries by Township. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohwccps/township_list.html

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