Jewett, Ohio
human settlement in Harrison County, Ohio, United States of America
Jewett is a village in Rumley Township, Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The population was 554 at the 2020 census.
History
Jewett was originally called Fairview, and under the latter name was platted in 1851. The present name is for T. M. Jewett, a railroad official.
Jewett was the original home of the Jewett Car Company, a street car manufacturer, from 1894 until 1904. The street cars produced by this factory were shipped throughout the United States. The Jewett Car Company relocated to Newark, Ohio in 1904, and ceased operations in 1919.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.51 square miles (1.32 km2), all land.
Jewett is the endpoint of the Conotton Creek Trail, an 11.4-mile (18.3 km) long multi-use rails-to-trails path along the Conotton Creek. It is paved and suitable for bicycling, non-electric scootering, roller blading, wheel chairing, walking, running, and jogging.
“Jewett, Ohio” enters the record as human settlement in Harrison County, Ohio, United States of America. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Jewett, Ohio and human can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1979813. Authority coordinates are 40.368, -81.003. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1851, 1894 and 1904.
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