Albany
Location: unknown
Description: none found
Bunns Settlement – Mohican Township
Location: 40.791765 -82.156485
on County Rd 1975 at the intersection of Co Rd 175 along Glenn Run
Remnants: none known
Description: It was founded in 1809 by Benjamin Bunn (1781 – 1855) & Margaret (Hyatt) Bunn (1782 – 1843). They built a log fort blockhouse with their neighbors in 1812 for protection from the local Native Americans. Benjamin was a blacksmith by trade & enlisted to serve in the War Of 1812. The family later moved to Illinois.
Elizabethtown – Perry Township
Location: 40.858035 -82.143844
on US 250 between Rowsburg & Muddy Fork
Remnants: none known
Description: Elizabethtown was intended to be the first platted village in the township. John Raver who built the first grist & saw mill in the county put up undeveloped lots for sale around 1815 but never made any progress.
Friends
Location: unknown
Post Office: 1854 – 1858
Description: none found
Ganges
Location: unknown
Description: none found
Johnstown (Jeromestown) – Mohican Township
Location: 40.791383 -82.202373
between County Rd 2175 & Jerome Fork 1/2 mile to a mile southwest of Jeromesville
Remnants: none known
This Native American settlement had around 200 residents, a council house, & 60 – 80 wigwam houses. It was abandoned when the War Of 1812 started.
Perote – Orange Township
Post Office: 1851 – 1865
Location: 40.970160 -82.310738
on Co Rd 620 at the intersection of SR 51
Remnants: none known
Description: The town proprietors were Mr. & Mrs. A.C. Fast who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania & owned most of the land in the area.
Ruggles Corners – Ruggles Township
Post Office: 1828 – 1904
Location: 41.029550 -82.392648
at the intersection of US 224 & Rt 60
Remnants: Ruggles Township Cemetery on US 224, many old buildings around the area
Description: Ruggles Corners is technically a ghost town but the area still goes by the same name. It was founded by War Of 1812 veteran Daniel Beach (1785 – 1862) & Lorinda Beach (1788 – 1856) who were farmers from Connecticut. The town was named after surveyor Almon Ruggles (1771 – 1840) who was also from Connecticut. Daniel & Lorinda were buried in Ruggles Township Cemetery.
South Loudonville – Hanover Township
Location: 40.623469 -82.241792
on SR 3 along the Black Fork of the Mohican River southwest of Loudonville
Description: South Loudonville was a former separate town which was annexed into Loudonville.
Tunker Settlement – Montgomery Township
Location: unknown, was in section 16 of Montgomery Township
Description: The town was founded by German Baptist immigrants known as Tunkers.
Uncas – Hanover Township
Location: 40.596187 -82.242915
on County Highway 3175 along the Mohican River
Remnants: none known
Uncas was a relatively small town, but important enough to get listed in the 1901 George Cram Atlas.
West Loudonville – Hanover Township
Location: 40.641455 -82.242607
on N Mt Vernon Avenue along the Black Fork of the Mohican River northwest of Loudonville
Description: It was another formerly separate town that got annexed into Loudonville as it grew.
Williamsburg – Vermillion Township
Location: 40.772935 -82.300578
on County Rd 30A approximately 2 miles west of Hayesville
Remnants: none known
Description: Robert Williams made a proposal for the first platted village in the township in 1829 but it never ended up happening.
