Anderson
Pierpont Township
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41.738943 -80.622298 on Stanhope - Kelloggsville Rd near the intersection with Shrambling Rd, no known remnants
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38.9856244 -83.5796411 The town was named after George S. Anderson (1857 - 1924), a well respected country physician & surgeon who owned a few parcels of land in the area.
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Barnes Corners
Trumbull Township
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41.678110 -80.910368 on Windsor - Mechanicsville Rd at the intersection of Riverdale Rd, Riverdale (Barnes) Cemetery in the woods on the south side of Riverdale Rd just a bit west of the GPS coordinates
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It was named after the local Barnes family. Some of them are buried in the cemetery.
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Calm
Trumbull Township
1890 - 1903
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41.690332 -81.002581 on Barrett Rd at the intersection of Short Rd, old school across the border in Geauga County at the corner of Thompson Rd & Sidley Rd
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Calm's edge just barely crossed into Ashtabula. The post office was in Thompson Township, Geauga County. The town's old schoolhouse is now a private residence.
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East Lakeville
Conneaut Township
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41.939650 -80.542532 on US 20, East Conneaut (East Lakeville), cemetery on Furnace Rd South of US 20
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It's technically a ghost town but only on paper due to name changes & getting annexed into Conneaut.
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Fargo
Ashtabula Township
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41.871939 -80.766133 on Fargo Dr south off of US 20, Edgewood Cemetery on State Rd
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The town was founded by Jason Fargo (1790 - 1861) & Clarissa (Harmon) Fargo (1801 - 1880). They had several children, ran a 156 acre farm, & Jason was the first town trustee. The area was later named East Village & is now part of the city of Ashtabula. Jason & Clarissa were buried in Edgewood Cemetery with some of their children including Dan & Lucius who had a 570 acre farm.
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Hare
Kingsville Township
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exact location unknown
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It was founded by the Hare family in the area.
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Inland
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exact location unknown
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Iona
Windsor Township
1898 - 1903
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41.508579 -80.957202 on S Windsor Rd between Fletcher Rd & Mill Creek, no known remnants
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Iona was a small farming & postal town.
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Middlesex
1831 - 1847
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exact location unknown
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Northway
Jefferson Township
1898 - 1899
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exact location unknown
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Osbornville (same location as Phoenix)
Pierpont Township
1856 - 1860
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41.783699 -80.623501 on Stanhope - Kelloggsville Rd between Beckwith Rd & Bulah Rd, Graham Road Bridge in the Ashtabula County Metropark on Graham Rd
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The town proprietor was an M. Osborn who built a grist mill, saw mill, general store, & ran the post office.
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Padens Mills
Monroe Township
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exact location unknown, the sawmill was built next to Bear Creek, no known remnants
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The Paden Family were Quakers who also owned 400 acres with a sawmill along Paden Creek in Conneaut Township, Crawford County, PA.
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Phoenix (same location as Osbornville)
Pierpont Township
1862 - 1903
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41.783699 -80.623501 on Stanhope - Kelloggsville Rd between Beckwith Rd & Bulah Rd, Graham Road Bridge in the Ashtabula County Metropark on Graham Rd
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Phoenix was a postal & shingle mill town. Graham Road Bridge was constructed with wood salvaged from a former bridge that crossed the west branch of the Ashtabula River & was badly damaged in the 1913 flood.
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Sherman
Geneva & Saybrook Township
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41.817462 -80.904346 on US 20 approximately halfway between Geneva & Saybrook, no known remnants
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Sherman's status as a town didn't last long. It isn't on the 1874 or 1905 county atlases but can be found on the Ohio map in the 1901 Cram atlas.
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Steeles Corners
Cherry Valley Township
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41.606931 -80.648752 on US 6 at the intersection of Hayes Rd, no known remnants
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The Steele family owned the section of land in the northwest corner of the intersection & operated businesses over several decades in the mid 1800's.
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Watsons Corners
Colebrook Township
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41.557506 -80.790356 on Fee Rd at the intersection of W Windsor Rd, North Colebrook Cemetery south of GPS coordinates
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The town was founded by Joseph Mitchell Watson (1822 - 1876) & Mary Jane (Courson) Watson (1821 - 1892). They had five children & moved to Ohio from Pennsylvania around 1870. Joseph & Mary Jane are buried in the cemetery.
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Hartsgrove, OH - (1830 - present farming & merchant town with less residents than in the past)
