Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Zanesfield, OH

Zanesfield is a village in Logan County, Ohio, and with fewer than 200 residents it is the smallest incorporated village in the county.

The village is named for Isaac Zane, the youngest brother of Ebenezer Zane, the frontiersman for whom Zanesville, Ohio, is named.

Isaac Zane was captured at age nine in 1762 by the Wyandot, adopted into the tribe, and later married Myeerah, the daughter of Wyandot Chief Tarhe, becoming a trusted interpreter and counselor in treaty negotiations.

Around 1795 Zane bought 1,800 acres from the federal government at the site of Zanesfield, and in 1802 Congress granted him three more tracts totaling 1,920 acres in recognition of his services to the United States.

After Isaac Zane's death in 1816, the village was laid out in 1819 by Alexander Long and Ebenezer Zane on the site of his settlement, known as Zane's Town.

The Zane Kenton Monument and the Dr. Sloan Library in Zanesfield were dedicated on September 8, 1914, honoring Isaac Zane and frontiersman Simon Kenton, who spent his later years admiring the Zanesfield area.

The 2020 census counted 194 people in Zanesfield, nearly unchanged from 197 in 2010, when the census recorded 88 households.

Zanesfield packs its roughly 190 residents into just 0.11 square miles, one of the smallest village footprints in Ohio.