Block
Silvercreek Township
The complete chapter on this township from History of Greene County, Ohio; Embracing the Organization of the County, Its Division Into Townships, Sketches of Local Interest Gleaned from the Pioneers from 1803 to 1840, Together with a Roster of the Soldiers of the Revolution and the War of 1812, Who Were Residing in the County, Also, a Roster of Ten Thousand of the Early Settlers from 1803 to 1840, published in 1902. 222 words, covering 3 settlements.
Contents
1 sectionThe section headings the book prints inside this chapter. Each one jumps to where it begins.
The modern record here
3 settlementsWhat the federal record holds for each settlement inside this township: wildfires and storm reports since the 1950s, mineral workings, and museum specimens collected nearby. These are counted within a few miles of each settlement, so neighbours share them and the columns are deliberately not added up. Every row links to the settlement's own page, where each figure is broken out.
| Settlement | Fires | Storm reports | Mines and quarries | Specimens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown | - | 25 | 1 | 112 |
| Mechanicsville (historical) | 1 | - | - | 63 |
| Pattersons Corner | 1 | - | - | 149 |
Settlements in this township
3 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. 0 of the 3 are named in the chapter; the rest were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
222 wordsReproduced complete and unedited. The text is machine-read from a scan of the 1902 printing, so expect the errors a machine makes reading a century-old page: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the book's own.
Silvercreek Township
Silvercreek township was organized ]\Iarch 4, 181 1, being taken from Ceasarscreek and Xenia townships, the greater part from Ceasarscreek. Its southwest corner was in the southern line of the county, one mile east of the old Ross county line; that is sex'en miles west of the southeast corner of the county ; thence it extends north eight miles, thence east seven miles to the east line of the county; thence south with said county line to the southeast corner of the county ; thence west to the place of beginning. Its northern limit originally was the same as that at present; it included all of what is now Jefferson township, and the eastern ])art of Spring Valley, about onefourth of the township. The first election was held at the house of Noah Strong in said township. At the organization of Jasper township, the 9th of June, 1853, a portion of Silvercreek township was added to the aforesaid township, and again on the "th day of June, 1858, Jefferson township was taken entirely from Silvercreek township.
Previous to the formation of this township there had been an election precinct at Bowersville. The petitioners for the new township were mostly from that part of the township. By the formation of this township, Silvercreek was reduced in size onehalf and to its present boundary.
Provenance
Text from History of Greene County, Ohio; Embracing the Organization of the County, Its Division Into Townships, Sketches of Local Interest Gleaned from the Pioneers from 1803 to 1840, Together with a Roster of the Soldiers of the Revolution and the War of 1812, Who Were Residing in the County, Also, a Roster of Ten Thousand of the Early Settlers from 1803 to 1840, by Robinson, George F., published 1902 and in the public domain in the United States. Digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.