CHAPTER LX. 



REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF CARROLL COUNTY. 



BY JNO. J. STEVENSON. 



Carroll county is bounded on the east by Columbiana and Jefferson, on 

 the south by Harrison, on the west by Tuscarawas and Stark, and on the 

 north by Stark and Columbiana. It contains thirteen townships, and 

 embraces an area of not far from four hundred square miles. The popu- 

 lation, according to the census of 1870, is about fourteen thousand five 

 hundred. The county town is CarroUton, a flourishing village, with 

 nearly eight hundred inhabitants, and situated on a ridge five hundred 

 and forty feet above Lake Erie. The railroad facilities are very poor, 

 consisting only of the Tuscarawas Branch of the Cleveland and Pitts- 

 burgh Railroad, which passes through the north-western corner of the 

 county. The county town communicates with this road by means of a 

 unique tramway, which is perhaps the only one in the United States 

 which uses the antique strap rail. The border townships on the north 

 and south have access to market, as the main stem of the Cleveland and 

 Pittsburgh Railroad passes very near the southern line of Columbiana, 

 and the Pittsburgh and St. Louis Railwaj' runs close to the northern line 

 of Harrison. It is to be hoped that some one of the numerous railway 

 lines projected to run. through the county will be built, as the interior 

 and eastern townships suffer very materially from lack of such facilities. 

 Besides the county town, there are several villages, mostly small, but 

 giving evidence of thrift and growth. Leesville is perhaps half as large 

 as CarroUton, and is the business center of a large section. Harlem was 

 formerly a place of some note, owing to its mineral springs, but since 

 stage coaches ceased to be the ordinary mode of conveyance it has become 

 less important. Malvern and Minerva are growing rapidly under the 

 influence of the railroad. 



Much attention is paid to educational matters. The school-houses are 

 neat, and efforts are made to secure good instruction. The county con- 

 tains one institution authorized to confer collegiate degrees. Upon the 

 whole, the inhabitants of this county are fully alive to their material ad- 

 vancement, and they have shown an anxiety respecting their resources 

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