Welcome to Blue Rock Township! Some of the information on this page has been contributed by Tammy Bragg who lives in Blue Rock Township. She has collected a good deal of information on the township an we appreciate her sharing it with this proect.
Index
- A Brief History
- Towns and Villages
- Local Churches
- Cemeteries
- Local Schools
- Blue Rock Township History and Artifacts
- Organizations, Societies and Clubs
- Census Schedules
- 1941 Blue Rock Township, Muskingum County Rural Directory (offsite)
- Blue Rock Twp at War
- Other Items of Interest
- Links
- Blue Rock Township Scrapbook
- Maps
A Brief History
Blue Rock township was created from Salt Creek township in June 1810. No election of officers was held until December 3rd of 1813. Salt Creek and Zanesville got together with county commissioners to agree on making a new township, with the name of Blue Rock coming from the Big Blue Rock on the creek and river banks that would divide the townships. The boundarys are north by Salt Creek, and Wayne township, east by Meigs township, and south by Morgan County and west by the Muskingum River.
Towns and Villages
Local Churches and Religous Societies
- Sugar Grove M.E. Church (historical)
- Rockville Baptist Church (historical)
- The Regular Baptist (historical)
- Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal (historical)
- Radical Methodist Church (historical)
- Living Word Assembly of God
- Blue Rock Baptist
- Rural Dale United Methodist
- Gaysport Methodist
Local Schools
- Toadtown/Museville school (historical)
(section 25) - Bethlehem School (historical)
(section 22) - Quail Trap School (historical)
(section 4) - Rural Dale School (historical)
(section 25&26) - Shaver School (historical)
(section 11) - Smith School (historical)
(section 1&2) - Gaysport School (historical)
(section 20) - Bald Knob (historical)
(section 28) - Blue Rock High School (historical)
(section 26) - Daisy Glen School
Poverty Ridge and State route 60
Township History and Artifacts
- First Elected Officers
- Early Business Establishments
- Early Physicans in Blue Rock
- Post Offices
- Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio - Chapter XXV - Blue Rock Township
- Blue Rock Mine Disaster
Blue Rock Organizations, Societies and Clubs
U.S. Census Schedules
- 1820 Ohio Census Index, Blue Rock Township
- 1830 Ohio Census Index, Blue Rock Township
- 1840 Ohio Census Index, Blue Rock Township
- 1850 Ohio Census Index, Blue Rock Township
Blue Rock Township at War
Other Items of Interest
Links
Maps
- 1895 map of Muskingum Co., Ohio.
- Google map of Blue Rock Township.
- Plat map of Blue Rock Township.
- Plat map of Blue Rock Township 1832
- More maps and atlases for the township.
Queries can be posted to the Muskingum County, OH query board
Last Updated on Mar 5, 2021
Denny Shirer