Information concerning the government of Congress Twp.
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Revision as of 13:30, 15 July 2023
Congress Township was established October 5, 1818.[1] It was named to honor the Congress of the United States.[2]
It was formed from the originally surveyed township 21 of range 14.[3]
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Historical Documents
Maps
The department has several plat maps for viewing. Plat maps include land owners names and the location of their property.
1807 Federal Survey Map of Congress Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Congress Township Survey Map 1807
1856 Baker's Map of Wayne County, Ohio
Congress Township 1856
1873 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio
Congress
Congress Village
West Salem
1897 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio
Congress Township
Congress Village
Pleasant Home
Cemeteries
- Congress Cemetery [4]
- Burbank Cemetery [5]
- Hazzard Cemetery [6]
Newspaper Articles
Newspaper Full-Text Articles
Early Wayne County History
Congress Township
The first sermon preached in Congress Township, formed in 1818, was that made by a Presbyterian minister, a Rev. Matthews, who spoke with a sword girded to his body.
The village of Congress, originally called Waynesburg, was laid out in 1827. According to history, an old Indian and his wife were on a tramp and stopped in Congress at Griffith's Tavern, where they got drunk and abusive. The landlord's wife threw a pot of boiling water on the Indian to quell him. He died as a result and was buried in the Congress cemetery.
—Harry B. Stapler, The Wooster Daily Record, 1940-MAR-09
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References
- ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878.
- ↑ Wayne County Scrapbook, compliments of McIntire,Davis & Greene Funeral Home.
- ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 57.
- ↑ Find A Grave. Accessed March 05, 2019. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/258706/congress-cemetery.
- ↑ Find A Grave. Accessed March 05, 2019. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/40095/burbank-cemetery.
- ↑ Find A Grave. Accessed March 05, 2019. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/41343/hazzard-cemetery.