STEUBENVILLE

The village of Steubenville is located in the southeastern part of the township and occupies a part of section 28. It was surveyed in the year 1857 for Henry Wilgus, proprietor and consists of fourteen lots, but few were ever sold or improved. A small grocery store and saloon were started in an early day and later three dram shops were in operation, and the village got the reputation of being a general resort for all the hard characters and thugs in the entire county and was shunned by all respected citizens. As the county improved and more citizens moved into the adjacent lands, the climate of the village became more civil. The plat was finally abandoned and few vestiges of the village remain

St Paul's Lutheran Church of Steubenville was organized by Rev. John Lautenschlager in the year 1856 with about twenty members. A schoolhouse was used by the congregation until about 1858 when a church was built on the land of John Haas.