one mile above Marietta, by a mouth 20 yards wide. It is a deep sluggish stream, and always requires a bridge or ferry across its mouth, to enable travellers to proceed along the river road. One or two bridges had been built, but have been destroyed by floods.

Duff's fork, a post village in Madison township, Fayette county, on the road from Columbus to Washington, in Fayette county. Distance, 26 miles southwest from Columbus, and 12 northeast from Washington.

Dunbarton. [See Jacksonville, in Adams county.]

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Eagle creek, a tributary stream of the Ohio river, formed by the junction of three smaller streams, called East, Hill's and Rattlesnake forks, in the eastern confines of Brown county. It runs in a generally south by west direction into the Ohio river, ten miles by water below Maysville in Kentucky. It was formerly, often called Elk river.

Eagle, a township in Brown county.

Eagle, a township of Hocking county.

East branch, an eastern tributary stream of the Little Miami river. It rises in the southeastern part of Clinton county; from whence it runs above 30 miles in a serpentine southwestern direction into the eastern part of Clermont county, a few miles below Williamsburg, when it gradually turns into and runs a northwestern direction 10 or 12 miles further, and joins the Little Miami river, nine miles above its mouth.

East Centerville. [See Centerville, in Columbiana county,]

East Fairfield.

county.]

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[See Fairfield, in Columbiana

East fork, a creek running into the east side of Mad river, in the lower part of Champaign county.

East Union, a township of Wayne county.

Eaton, a post town and seat of justice for Preble county. It is "situated in the centre of the county (within three fourths of a mile of old fort St. Clair,) in a high and handsome" position, and is well watered. St

Clair's or Seven mile creek, runs by the town, affording a number of excellent mill seats. The creek, in 80 rods, falls about 20 feet, at the foot of which are already erected a number of mills. It is situated in Washington township, "on the east bank of Seven mile creek; was laid out by William Bruce, in 1803, and in 1808, made the seat of justice for the county. From the general healthfulness of the surrounding country, the fertility of the soil, the numerous stone quarries it contains, the abundance of building timber it affords, and the advantages of water power, which it presents, Eaton will at least, keep pace in improvement, with her neighboring seats of justice. Eaton contains about 100 dwelling houses, a court house, jail, and public offices, a market house, three meeting liouses, a school house, six. stores, three taverns, three groceries, and a printing office." Distance, 26 miles south from Greenville, 25 west from Dayton, 25 north by west from Hamilton, 50: in the same direction from Cincinnati, and 93 west by south from Columbus. N. lat. 39° 31', W. lon. 7° 31′. Eaton, a township of Lorain county.

Eden, a post township of Seneca county, 80 miles north of Columbus.

Eden, a township of Licking county.

Edinburg, a post township of Portage county, situated immediately southeast from Ravenna, containing in 1820, 115 inhabitants. It was organized in March, 1819. Distance, 140 miles northeast from Columbus. Edwardsville, a post village in Salem township, WarFen county, 75 miles southwest from Columbus.

Eighteen mile creek, a small stream running into the Ohio river, 17 or 18 miles below Gallipolis.

Eldridge, a post township in Huron county, 123 miles: northeast of Columbus.

Elizabeth, a small town or village in Wayne township, Adams county, eight miles north from West Union, and 90 southerly from Columbus.

Elizabeth, a township in the eastern borders of Miami County.

Elizabeth, a township situated in the western borders Lawrence county.

Elizabethtown, a small post village in Whitewater township, Hamilton county, near the southwest corner of the state. Distance, about 130 miles southwest from Columbus, and about 18 westerly from Cincinnati. Elk, a township of Monroe county.

Elk, a township of Athens county.

Elk creek, a mill stream, rising in Preble county, and running southwardly into the Miami river, in Madison township, Butler county.

Elk river. [See Eagle creek.]

Elk run, a township of Columbiana county.

Ellsworth, a post township of Trumbull county, being the first in the IV range of townships in the Connecticut Western Reservation. It lies immediately west of and adjoining Canfield, and 155 miles northeast from Columbus. It contains 800 inhabitants.

Elyria, a flourishing post town and seat of justice for Lorain county. It is situated in the forks of Blackriver, nine miles from its mouth, and 130 north by east from Columbus. It contains the usual county buildings, stores, &c. and a printing office, from which is issued a weekly newspaper called the "Lorain Gazette." It is laid off in a township of the same name, and both so called from the Hon. Heman Ely, the enterprising proprietor. N. lat. 41° 23', W. lon, 5o 7.

Englishtown, the name of a post village in Athens

county.

Enoch, a township of Monroe county.

Erie, lake. For a discription of this lake, see the general description of Ohio, page 45.

Euclid, a post township of Cuyahoga county, 10 miles northeast from Cleaveland, and 150 northeast from Columbus; on the southern shore of lake Erie; containing in 1820, 809 inhabitants, and is one of the most populous townships in the county. It was first purchased for individual settlement, in 1797.

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Fairfield, a large and wealthy interior county, boundcd on the north by Licking, east by Perry, south by

Hocking, and west by Pickaway and Franklin counties, It is 30 miles long by 24 broad; and contains 540 square miles. It is divided into the fourteen following townships, namely: Amanda, Liberty, Madison, Bern, Bloom, Hocking, Violet, Greenfield, Clear creek, Pleasant, Walnut, Richland, Rush creek and Perry. The villages regularly laid out and called towns, are, in addition to Lancaster, the county seat, the eight following, namely: Rushville, Pickerington, Greencastle, Lithopolis, Baltimore, Carrol, Basil, a nd Monticello. This county embraces perhaps, the most elevated tract of country, of similar extent, between the Muskingum and Scioto rixers. The land is, therefore, drier and more peculiarly adapted to the production of wheat and other kinds of grain, than that of several adjacent counties. The principal streams are the head waters of Hockhocking river. The face of the country about Lancaster in the central part of the county presents a peculiar aspect.-The land seems generally level; but abrupt, precipitous, and coniform piles of rocks, producing very little fimber or herbage, are occasionally interspersed in a promiscuous manner, in every direction. They are of divers altitudes and magnitudes. Some people might, perhaps, conjecture them to have been works of art, did not their numbers and magnitude preclude the idea. One of those called Mount Pleasant, about one mile northeasterly from Lancaster, is very remarkable. It is situated near a large prairie, and is encompassed by a large plain. The southwest front of this huge pile of rocks is about 211 feet in perpendicular height: the base is about a mile and a half in circumference, while the top is about 30 by 100 yards across. The northeast side is tolerably easy of ascent, and it can be ascended in one or two other directions; but those who ascend it find it tiresome and are glad when they reach the summit, which is level and commands a very extensive prospect of the surrounding country, which it may be truly said, is magnificently sublime. On approaching Lancaster from the westward, across a prairie, the bold front and great

country. From this mount the town is supplied with its building stone and sand." The soil in this vicinity is rather hard of tillage, but tolerably good for grain. Some parts of the county, particularly in the southeastern quarter, are very hilly, and of a thin, barren soil: but all taken together, may be considered valuable. A majority of the inhabitants are of German extraction, frugal, industrious and wealthy. Number of inhabitan's in 1820, 16,508, among whom are about 3000 electors. The internal improvements are considerable, there being within the limits of the county, three fulling mills, eight carding machines, and 30 grist mills, beside double that number of saw mills.

Fairfield, a post township of Huron county, 100 miles north by east from Columbus. Oficial name North Fairfield.

Fairfield, a township of Jefferson county.

Fairfield, a township of Tuscarawas county.

Fairfield, a post township of Columbiana county, 160 miles northeast from Columbus.

Fairfield, a town of Licking county, situated on a north branch of Licking creek, four miles northerly from Newark, on the road leading from that town to Mount Vernon.

Fairfield, a township in the north part of Highland county.

Fairfield, a pleasant post town, in Bath township, Green county. It is situated on the northwestern margin of an extensive plain, on the southeastern side of Mad river. It contains two taverns, one of which is a three story building, two stores, and about thirty dwelling houses. It was laid out in 1815. Distance 11 miles northwest from Xenia, 11 northeast from Dayton, nine westerly from the Yellow Springs, 13 southwest from Springfield, and 56 in the same direction from Columbus. N. lat. 39o 50', W. lon. 7o.

Fairfield, a township of Butler county, in which is situated the town of Hamilton. It contains 17,761 acres of taxable land, valued at $192,112-and a total grand list of $300,366, Number of voters, in 1827, was 522;