Jefferson County, Ohio

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Jefferson County was organized on July 29, 1797, by proclamation of Governor Arthur St. Clair. In 1786, the United States built Fort Steuben to protect the government surveyors mapping the land west of the Ohio River. When the surveyors completed their task a few years later, the fort was abandoned.

During the first half of the nineteenth century, Steubenville was primarily a port town, and the rest of the county consisted of small villages and farms. However, in 1856, Frazier, Kilgore and Company erected a rolling mill (the forerunner of steel mills) and the Steubenville Coal and Mining Company sank a coal shaft, resulting in Jefferson County becoming one of the leading centers of the new Industrial Revolution.

Adjacent Counties

• Columbiana County
• Hancock County, WV
• Carroll County
• Harrison County
• Belmont County
• Ohio County, WV
• Brooke County, WV

Cities & Villages

• Adena
• Amsterdam
• Bergholz
• Bloomingdale
• Dillonvale
• Empire
• Irondale
• Mingo Junction
• Mount Pleasant
• New Alexandria
• Rayland
• Richmond
• Smithfield
• Steubenville (County Seat)
• Stratton
• Tiltonsville
• Toronto
• Wintersville
• Yorkville

Other Townships & Communities: Alikanna, Altamont, Annapolis, Belvedere, Bradley, Brilliant, Broadacre, Brush Creek, Calumet, Carpenter's Fort, Chandler, Circle Green, Connorville, Costonia, Cream City, Cross Creek, Deandale, Deyarmonville, Dunglen, East Springfield, Emerson, Fairplay, Fernwood, Georges Run, Gould, Grandview Heights, Greentown, Hammondsville, Herrick, Holt, Hopewell, Island Creek, Jackson Heights, Knox, Knoxville, McConnelsville, McIntyre, Middleburg, Monroeville, New Somerset, Newell, Olszeski Town, Osage, Panhandle, Parlett, Piney Fork, Port Homer, Pottery Addition, Pravo, Ramsey, Reeds Mill, Robyville, Ross, Rush Run, Salem, Saline, Shady Glen, Smithfield, Springfield, Steubenville, Unionport, Warren, Warrenton, Wayne, Weems, Wells, Wolf Run, Yellow Creek and York

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