Springhills is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in northwestern

Harrison Township, Champaign County, Ohio Harrison Township is one of the twelve civil township, townships of Champaign County, Ohio, Champaign County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census the population was 882. Geography Located in the northwestern par ...

, United States. It lies at the intersection of State Route 245 with Crowl and Springhill-DeGraff Roads. Graves Creek, a subsidiary of the

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through Stony Creek, runs along the western edge of Springhills. It is located 6 miles (9.5 km) west of West Liberty and 11.5 miles (18.5 km) northwest of Urbana, the

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of Champaign County.

History

Springhills was originally known as Middleburg, and under the latter name was laid out in 1832. When the post office was to be opened, it was discovered that there was already a Middleburg in

Logan County, Ohio Logan County is a county in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,150. The county seat is Bellefontaine. The county is named for Benjamin Logan, who fought Native Americans in t ...

, and so the town was renamed Spring Hills for its location near natural springs and at the base of hills.

References

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