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As a local public works agency headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, the Franklin County Engineer's Office is responsible for the maintenance and construction of 271 miles of county roadway and 351 county bridges, as well as upkeep of all county ditches, drains, retention basins, and other storm water facilities within the right-of-way of county roads in unincorporated areas. To meet the continuing development and infrastructure needs of Franklin County, the Engineer's Office utilizes the latest technologies for determining and maintaining roadway centerlines and boundaries; retracing and setting new monuments for original public land surveys; preparing geographic information system mapping for real estate tax assessments; and establishing precise countywide horizontal and vertical control to maintain uniformity in construction, surveying, and mapping.
Franklin County Engineer
Franklin County Engineer
The Franklin County Engineer’s Office held a public meeting to share information about the E. Cooke Road Corridor Improvement Project. Thank you to North Linden Elementary School for providing the space for the meeting and to the community for your feedback and engagement.
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Franklin County Engineer
#TeamFCEO participated in the Columbus Alternative High School’s (CAHS) Career, College + Service Fair where we shared information about our office and engaged with the students. It was a great event.
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Franklin County Engineer
Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving held on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and #TeamFCEO is participating by conducting a clothing drive to benefit Jordan’s Crossing Resource Center. Don’t miss out on the chance to be a part of something life changing by using generosity to promote positive change on #GivingTuesday.
Franklin County Engineer
Franklin County Engineer
Engineer Robertson would like to celebrate the completion of the Pontius Road 2.26 over Muddy Run improvement project. The project installed a new box culvert, wingwalls, and incorporated roadway approach reconstruction and guardrail installation. Special thanks to the Franklin County Engineer’s Bridge Department, Double Z Construction, and the inspection team, Smoot Construction Company, for their hard work to complete the project!
Franklin County Engineer
Franklin County Engineer
Clime Road between Demorest Road and US Route 62 is now open to traffic.
Franklin County Engineer's Office
970 DUBLIN ROAD
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215
(614) 525-3030
fracoeng@franklincountyengineer.org
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Surveyors Journal Entry Eight

Surveyors Journal Entry Eight

Irregular Metes and Bounds Surveying Occurs West of the Scioto

In Franklin County, all land west of the Scioto River was part of the Virginia Military District that was first surveyed into irregular plots by Deputy Surveyors Lucas Sullivant and John Shields to meet the land warrants issued to Revolutionary War veterans. Tracts ranged in size from 100 to 1,500 acres and were divided into unrestricted shapes using the metes and bounds method of describing the land.

Early surveyors in the district often ran crude lines on the ground and marked where they met with the nearest tree instead of setting a boundary monument. They would then estimate two of the three lengths and bearings and calculate them with the third length and bearing, which was measured. Because of these imprecise surveying techniques, property boundaries and titles could be disputed.

Despite the lack of uniformity in measuring the land, the Virginia Military District was eventually divided into the following political subdivisions:

Franklin Township, including the town of Franklinton (1803)
Pleasant Township (1807)
Washington Township (1809)
Town of Dublin within Washington Township (1810)
Norwich Township (1813)
Jackson Township (1815)
Town of Georgesville within Pleasant Township (1816)
Prairie Township (1819)
Brown Township (1830)
Village of Harrisburg within Pleasant Township (1836)
Town of Hilliard within Norwich Township (1853)
Town of Grove City within Jackson Township (1866)

East of the Scioto River, there were three federally designated settlement areas surveyed with the new rectangular system.