STARK COUNTY OHIO - Information on Osnaburg Township  (published 1874)
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    From "Biographys of Stark County":  The following are notes on the
formation of Osnaburg Township:
    Pennslyvania Dutch molded it to a fine state of cultivation.  Land is
drained by the Little Sandy and the Indian Run Rivers.  Coal is present in
many places.  Conotton Valley Railway provided the transportation.  There
were many quarries.  The township is bounded by:  N - Nimishillen Township,
E - Paris Township, S - Sandy Township and Carroll Township, W - Canton
Township.  
    Spring of 1806 1st Settlement by John Thomas, Jacob Kitt, and John
Sluss (all Pennslyvania Natives).  The old township was formed before Stark
County, and was a part of Columbiana County. (Check in Stubenville.)
    From the "Barnburners and History of the Pennslyvania Dutch": 
Came over from Germany and settled in a town called Germantown, near
Philadelphia, Pennslyvania.  Most of them followed Zane's trace through
Ohio - Chillocothe, Circleville, and ended in Lancaster, Ohio (Fairfield
County).  For historic drive start in Baltimore CR 13(Basil Western Road)
West.  Stop at CR36 near Pickerington.