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Athens Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 390.

Flushing is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 830 at the 2020 census.

The Franklin College Building No. 5 is located along Main Street, or State Route 9, in New Athens, Ohio. The building houses the Franklin Museum which is dedicated to preserving the building and its primary function. The college building was placed on the National Register on May 8, 1987.

Franklin College (founded 1818) was a college in New Athens, Ohio, founded by abolitionist John Walker (1786-1845), a Presbyterian minister in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The college was called Alma college from 1818 until 1825, when the name was changed to Franklin College. Classes were suspended during the Civil War after most of the student body enlisted for military service, but the college was revived in 1867 with 40 students. The college ceased operation in 1919, and became associated with Muskingum College until 1927. The college building houses the Franklin Museum which showcases the span of the college and its history. Over the course of over 100 years, the college was key in the education of two governors, eight U.S. Senators, and nine U.S. Congressmen and twenty state legislators. The college also graduated Titus Basfield, an African-American student and former slave, as well as several prominent women. While at Franklin College, Basfield became close friends with classmate John Armor Bingham, who later became primary author of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and the longest-serving chief American diplomat in Japan, 1873–1875.

New Athens ( AY-thənz) is a village in Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The population was 222 at the 2020 census.

Harrison County Airport (FAA LID: 8G6) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Cadiz, a village in Harrison County, Ohio, United States. It is owned by the Harrison County Airport Authority. This airport was included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Flushing Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,936 people in the township.

Holloway is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 330 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. Holloway was laid out in 1883, and named after the local Holloway family.

Lafferty is a census-designated place in northeastern Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along Wheeling Creek. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 255. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43951.Lafferty is part of the Wheeling, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community was named after one Dr. Joseph Laf(f)erty.

Uniontown is an unincorporated community in Belmont County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

Cadiz Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 3,387.

The Egypt Valley Wildlife Area is a 14,300 acres (5,800 ha) former surface mining area in northwestern Belmont County Ohio, United States. Since the mid-1990s, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources has administered the area. For many years, local residents have fished, hunted, camped and explored the high walls, backwaters, and graveyards that make up this area. People, to a lesser extent, call the area Egypt Bottom.The area encompasses the northwest corner of Belmont County. Morristown and Hendrysburg are on the southern edges of the area, while Holloway and Flushing are on the northern edge of the area. The southern end of Piedmont Lake, the opposite end of the dam in Piedmont, juts into the northern pocket of the area as well.