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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.
Franklin County Engineer
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.
Franklin County Engineer
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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Surveyor’s Journal Entry Four

Surveyor’s Journal Entry Four

The Virginia Military District is Home to Central Ohio’s First Settlers

In 1783, the Virginia Legislature agreed to give up its claims to land in the Ohio Territory in exchange for the creation of the Virginia Military District, which reserved approximately 4.2 million acres of wilderness, bordered by the Ohio River to the south, the Little Miami River to the west, and the Scioto River to the north and east, for settlement by war veterans from Virginia. Land was to be apportioned based on rank and years of service.

One of the first federally appointed deputy surveyors to work and settle in the district was Virginia native Nathaniel Massie who ventured from Kentucky in 1790. He founded the town of Manchester (Massie’s Station) along the Ohio River and then moved north where he laid out the town of Chillicothe, Ohio’s first capital, in 1796. Assistance was provided by Deputy Surveyors Thomas Worthington (Ohio’s first U.S. Senator and sixth Governor), Edward Tiffin (Ohio’s first Governor and third U.S. Senator, Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory, and brother-in-law of Thomas Worthington) and Duncan McArthur (Ohio’s eleventh Governor).

Because of Virginia’s ties to the district, these original surveys were conducted using the old “Metes and Bounds” style of describing land, which was standard practice throughout the original thirteen colonies. This led to the possibility of irregularities and disputes since physical features, such as large rocks, trees, and bodies of water, were combined with directions and distances to define boundaries rather than the new rectangular system.

Farther up the Scioto River, Deputy Surveyor Lucas Sullivant, from Virginia, laid out the town of Franklinton, just west of the confluence with the Olentangy (Whetstone) River, in August 1797. Like many surveyors of the time, he took his pay in land, which afforded him the opportunity to become one of Ohio’s largest land holders with nearly 40,000 acres, and the founder of Franklinton, which was the first settlement in the area that became Franklin County.