Berne Township

Berne Township was formed in 1805. It was orginally larger, but in 1818 was cut down in size and became part of Falls and Goodhope Townships in Hocking County. Berne is the largest township in Fairfield County. In legal terms it is known as Township 14 of Range 18 and sections 1 - 12 are Township13 of Range 18. Berne Township recieved its name after the city and Canton of Berne, Switzerland, at the suggestion of the Carpenter family. They were early settlers of which Bern, Switzerland was their ancestral home. They arrived before 1800 from Lancaster County, Pa. Some early settlers of Berne Township were Johanes Stucke (John Stuckey), Abraham Ream, Levi Moore, Asa Spurgeon, Jonathan Lynch, John A. Collins, and Shallenbergers.

Towns & Villages:

Sugar Grove -- laid out by Elizabeth Rudolph in 1836.

North Berne -- post office established in 1831. Henry Schwartz was the first postmaster.

Horns Mill -- originally called Ream's Settle. Post office there called Clark's Crossing.

Black's Corners -- where Pitcher Road(Lake Road) crosses Marietta Road. Nothing remains there now.

Cemeteries:

Applegate, Asbury, Beck, Black Diamond, Brushy Fork, Carpenter-Koontz, Collins Chapel, Crawfis-Emery, Delapp,
Elmwood, Erick, Green, Heft-Young, Lamott, Lancaster-Presbyterian, Mt. Tabor, Myers-St. Pauls, Old Catholic-Phillips,
Old City burying ground, Old Methodist, Pannabaker-Tarklin, Pleasant Hill, Ream, Sharp, Sponagle, St. John Grace Reform,
St. Mary, St. Matthews Lutheran, Stukey, Sugar Grove, and Westenbarger.

[Amanda] [Berne] [Bloom] [Clear Creek] [Greenfield] [Hocking]

[Liberty] [Madison] [Pleasant] [Richland] [Rush Creek] [Violet] [Walnut]

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