Chippewa Township, Wayne County, Ohio

Historical Information

Chippewa Township was established September 4, 1815. It was named after an Indian tribe.

It began at the SE corner of section 31 of township 18, of range 11 of the original survey to the NW corner of section 6 to the NE corner of the county to the SE corner of section of 36.

Place Names

Present Name	Former Name(s)	Plat Date
Doylestown		9 Dec 1827
Easton	Chippewa, Slankerville	Chippewa platted 15 May 1816; Slankerville platted 26 Apr 1843
Frase Settlement
Hametown
Marshallville	Bristol	27 Feb 1817
Rogue's Hollow

Maps

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

1856 Baker's Map of Wayne County, Ohio

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  Chippewa Township 1856

1873 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio

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  Chippewa

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  Easton

1897 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio

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  Chippewa Township

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  Easton

Indices to Maps

• 1856 Baker Map Index Chippewa
• Index to Caldwell's Atlas (1873)/Chippewa Township
• Index to Caldwell's Atlas (1897)/Chippewa Township

Churches

Brethren

• Chippewa Church of the Brethren

Catholic

• Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church

Lutheran

• Emanuel United Church of Christ

Reformed

• Emanuel United Church of Christ

Residents

Early Settlers

John Adams Michael Bassinger Isarel Baughman Paul Baughman James Boak Andrew Bowen John Bowman Peter Bradenbaugh Michael Brouse William Doyle Jacob Eberhard Malachi Feister Stephen Fisher old Henry Franks Jacob and John Franks Uriah, Henry, and John Franks Thomas Frederick David Galehouse Frederick Galehouse George Halloway Jacob Hatfield William Hatfield Jacob Heffelman Nicholas and Adam Helmick

Benjamin Hershey Henry Houts Daniel Huffman James Hutchinson David Johns old Mr. McConkey Robert Meek John Miller Isaac Montgomery John Newhouse Samuel Pierrepont, M.D. John Porter Mr. Reed John Reichildifer John Routson Adam Shatto Henry Shook "Major" South Joseph Springer Peter Waltz George Wellhouse Rev. George Weygandt George, Christian, Jacob, Joseph, Michael, and Andrew Whitman John Wise

Census Records

• 1819 Quadrennial Enumeration
• 1823 Quadrennial Enumeration

Directories

• 1859-1860
• 1884-1885
• 1894-1895

Photos of Residences

• Residences in Chippewa Township

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper Full-Text Articles

Early Wayne County History
Chippewa Township
Twelve years after the forming of Chippewa Township in 1815, William Doyle laid out Doylestown. The postoffice remained about a mile south of the town until 1874 and was known as Chippewa instead of Doylestown.

In early days Doylestown was renowned for its agricultural manufacturing plant. Her Cline, Seiberling and Co. made Excelsior and Empire Reapers and mowers, as many as a thousand a year. This was regarded as about the most reliable manufacturing firm in Northern Ohio, according to historians.

—Harry B. Stapler, The Wooster Daily Record, 1940-MAR-09

External Links

Chippewa Township, Wayne County, Ohio - Wikipedia