Place Names

Towns, Villages & Hamlets of Jefferson County, Ohio

Contributed by Danice Ryan

Jefferson County Names: Old towns, hamlets, settlements or village names found in various local county histories: First is listed the old name = updated name, replacement name, current name and known location or area. Some no longer exist.

Alexander Road Station = Cross Creek Twp
Alikanna = Island Creek Twp
Altamont Park (Hill) = Steubenville Twp
Annadelphia (R. R. Station) = Dillon in Mt. Pleasant
Auburn
Bacon (Beacon) Ridge = Ross Twp
Backbone = Yellow Creek
Battle Run
Bar Run
Beach Flats = Wells Twp
Belvedere = Wayne Twp
Berea = Brush Creek Twp
Big Sandy Creek
Block House Run = Yellow Creek, Brush Twp
Bloomfield (Station) = Bloomingdale, Wayne Twp
Blues Run
Boston = Wayne Twp
Bowling Green = Osage
Bradley = Smithfield Twp
Bromstone Hollow
Brownings = Island Creek Twp
Bull Hollow Run = Ross Twp
Calico Hill
Calumet = Elliottsville (North of Toronto
Carter's Run = Knoxville, New Somerset
Carrtown = Smithfield
Castner's Falls
Cedar Grove (Shade) = Smithfield Twp
Chandler = Smithfield Twp
Cherry Falls = Salem Twp
Chestnut Grove (Ridge) = Brush Creek Twp
Circle (Green) = Springfield Twp
Coal Hill = Steubenville Twp
Collinswood (R. R.)
Connor(s)ville(PO) = Warren Twp
Copes Mills = Brush Creek Twp
Cornfield Row
Cream City = Saline Twp
Cresswell(PO) = Broadacre, Wayne Twp
Crosscreek = Cross Creek Twp
Cornell's Addition = New Somerset, Knox Twp
Croxton (Run)(PO) = Brush Creek Twp
Deandale = Steubenville Twp
Dry Run (near Town Fork) = Ross Twp
Deyarmonville = Warren Twp
Dillon = Dillonvale
Dunglen = Upstill, Mt. Pleasant Twp
East View = Ross Twp
Eastern = Stratton (Empire was a suburb of)
Elk Fork = Amsterdam
Elliottsville = Knox Twp
Emerson = Mt. Pleasant Twp
Empire City = Empire, Knox Twp
Exchange Mills = Wayne Twp
Fairplay(PO) = Wayne Twp
Fairfield = Salem Twp
Fells = Cross Creek Twp
Fernwood(PO) = Holmes Hill, Cross Creek Twp
Findley
Fisherville = South End, Steubenville Twp
Florencedale = Smithfield Twp
Freeman's = North of Toronto, Knox Twp
Gabbletown = Warren Twp
Germantown
Ghost Hollow
Glen (Run) Robbins = Warren Twp
Goulds = Cross Creek Twp
Grand View = Island Creek Twp
Green = Springfield Twp
Greentown = Smithfield Twp
Grover = Tiltonsville
Gillestown = East Springfield
Gambles Run
Halls = Mt Pleasant Twp
Harperville = Mt Pleasant Twp
Harrisville = Mt Pleasant Twp
Henry = Smithfield Twp
Herrick = Mt Pleasant Twp
Highland City = Near Tiltonsville
Hilderbrand (Ridge) = Ross Twp
Hobbieville
Hollow Rock (hill or valley) = Saline Twp
Holmes Mills - Near Smithfield Station
Holt = Mitchells Salt Works, Ross Twp
Hookstown = Wells Twp
Hopewell = Warren Twp
Horton = Mt Pleasant Twp
Huntersville = Irondale
Hayti = McIntyre (Black settlement), Wayne Twp
Indian Hill = Ross Twp
Island Creek = Island Creek Twp
Jacksonville = Steubenville
Jeddo (landing) = Toronto, Island Creek Twp
Jeffersonville = Steubenville Twp
Jeremy's Run = Empire
Jesse Bob Town = Mt Pleasant
Jug Run = Warren Twp
Kellys = Springfield Twp
Keyhole Run = Ross Twp
Kolmont = Cross Creek Twp
La Belle View = Steubenville Twp
Laurelton = Near Rush Run
La Grange = Brilliant
Linton = Yellow Creek, Knox Twp
Locust Hill = Salem Twp
Long Run = Mt. Pleasant Twp
Lowthers
Maple Grove = Salem Twp
Maplewood = Island Creek Twp
Markle = Island Creek Twp
McConnellsville = Near Fernwood
McCoy's Station = Empire
McCollock's = Salem Twp
McCollough's = Salem Twp
McIntyre = Wayne Twp
McIntyre Mills = Wells Twp
Middleburg = Springfield Twp
Mingo Bottom = Mingo Junction
Mingo Town = Mingo Junction
Mingo Mills
Mitchells Saltworks = Knox Twp
Holt = Ross Twp
Millvale = Island Creek Twp
Mizer's Run = Annapolis
New Salem = Annapolis
Monroeville = Brush Creek Twp
Moore's Salt Works = Ross Twp
Mt Pleasant Station
Old Nebo = Bergholz
New Pennsylvania
New Alexandria Station
New Salem = Annapolis
Newburg Landing = Toronto
Newell = Smithfield Twp
Newtown = Mt Pleasant Twp
Oatland = Warrent Twp
Olive City = Empire
Olszeski
Osage = Knox Twp
Overlook Hills = Island Creek Twp
Panhandle = Wayne Twp
Parlett = Wayne Twp
Pekin = Island Creek Twp
Perrin Springs = Smithfield Twp
Phillips = Springfield Twp
Phillipsburg = Brilliant
Pinckney
Pine Grove = Saline Twp
Pine Valley = Warren Twp
Piney Fork = Smithfield Twp
Pleasant Heights = In Steubenville
Pleasant Hill = Island Creek Twp
Pleasant Home = Island Creek Twp
Pleasant Ridge = Wells Twp
Pleasant Vale = Salem Twp
Pleasant Valley = Island Creek Twp
Port Homer = Saline Twp
Plum Run = Wells Twp
Portland Run = Wells Twp
Portland = Rayland
Portland Depot = Rayland
Portland Station = Rayland
Pottery Addition = Island Creek
Pottsdale - Mooretown = Irondale
Pravo = Moore's Salt Works - Ross Twp
Prospect Hill = Smithfield Twp
Quiet Retreat = Island Creek Twp
Ramseyville = Mt Pleasant Twp
Reed's Mill = Cross Creek Twp
Rhodesdale = Plum Run, Wells Twp
Roberts = Smithfield Twp
Rocky Brook
Rush Run Station = Rush Run R R
Rushville = Wells Twp
Ruthven = Springfield Twp
Salem = Salem Twp
Salt Run = Wells Twp
Salt Works Run = Salt Run
Shady Glen = Knox Twp
Shane = Ross Twp
Shanetown = Ross Twp
Shanghai = Empire
Shaw's Run
Shelly = Knox Twp
Short Creek = Warren Twp
Skelly's Station = Wayne Twp
Sloane's Station = Toronto
Smithfield Station = Weems
Somerset = New Somerset
Springfield = East Springfield
Stanton Park = Island Creek Twp
Startle = Mt Pleasant Twp
Stringer = Wells Twp
Stumptown = Empire
Sugar Hill = Cross Creek Twp
Sugar Tree Valley = Smithfield Twp
Sunnyside = Forndale, Saline Twp
Sugar Grove = Knox Twp
Taggerts
Tanner = Wayne Twp
Taylor Glen = Island Creek Twp
Taylortown
Tepo = New Alexandria
Thompson Salt Works
Town Fork = Ross Twp
Tarburner = Saline Twp
Tarburner Valley or Brook
Tarr Hill = Wells Twp
Trainer = Smithfield Twp
Trenton = Mt Pleasant Twp
Trolls Mine = Mt Pleasant Twp
Tunnel Mill = Holt
Tyler
Updegraff's = Smithfield Twp
Upland Heights = Warren Twp
Upstill = Dunglen, Mt Pleasant Twp
Valley Glen = Cross Creek Twp
Valley View = Wayne Twp
Verbena = Cross Creek Twp
Warren = Warrenton
Warrenton = Warren Twp
Warren Ridge = Warren Twp
Waxler's Station = Warren Twp
Wills Creek
Weems = Warren Twp
Willow Shade = Smithfield Twp
Wolf Run = Springfield Twp
Woods Run = Wayne Twp
Yellow Creek = Saline Twp
York = Smithfield Twp

Other places of interest:

Fawettstown = East Liverpool, Ohio
Franklinton = Columbus, Ohio
Losantiville 1791 = Cincinnati, Ohio

Other interesting facts: Yorkville is partly in Belmont County, Ohio and was a small hamlet in 1890 called, Highland City, which is located near a prehistoric burial mound.

Some of the Earliest Historic Post Offices:

Connorsville = Warrent Twp
Cresswell, Broadacre = Wayne Twp
Croxton = Brush Creek Twp
Emerson = Mt Pleasant Twp
Fairplay = Wayne Twp
Mitchell's Saltworks = Knox Twp
Holt = Knox then Ross Twp
Pravo = Ross Twp
Moore's Salt Works = Ross Twp
Ramsey = Mt Pleasant Twp

The information above was reprinted with permission from the Jefferson County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

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