There are several other mounds, in different portions of the township, but they do not essentially differ from those already mentioned.Īll kinds of wild animals were very plentiful in the early settlement of the township, although bears may be said to have been scarce sufficiently so to make their hunt exciting. These mounds have been dug into to some extent, and implements and human bones were found. Clark, are tow mounds, situated about a quarter of a mile apart, the larger of which is round in shape, and the smaller oblong. Nearly a mile east of this, on the farm of Thomas M. On the west bank of Gahanna river, in section thirty-four, on an elevated piece of land, are the remains of an ancient fort, or ditch, which has been almost completely obliterated by the cultivation of the soil. The township contains a number of mounds, or earthworks-the only records of the existence of a former race. It enters Hamilton and Madison townships, in section twenty-four, flows a very tortuous course through the township, leaving it in the southwest corner. It rises in the northeastern part of Delaware county, and after running a southern course for about forty miles, into the southeast part of Franklin county, receives a stream from the east called Black lick, and just below Alum creek from the west. The principal and only stream, worthy of the description, within the township, is the Gahanna river, commonly called Big Walnut creek, a large eastern branch of the Scioto. In the quality of its soil, the township is probably not equaled by any other in the county, the soil being largely of a limestone nature, except in the vicinity of the Scioto river, where there is bottom land. The township, for the most part, is quite level, the most rolling land lying in the western part, along the Chillicothe pike. In the formation of the township of Marion in 1873, the two northern tiers of sections in Hamilton were detached and included in the new township. It then contained within its limits the territory now constituting Madison township. The township was organized under its present name in 1807. In the original division of Franklin county into townships, Hamilton was embraced in Liberty and Harrison townships. Hamilton township is within the, so-called, Congress lands, and is bounded on the north by Marion township, on the south by Pickaway county, and on the east by the Scioto river.
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