Amesville, OH

Amesville is a village in Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States, located on Federal Creek. The 2020 census counted 171 residents. Amesville is perhaps best known for the Coonskin Library. These books were passed from home to home until Ephraim Cutler was elected librarian in 1804. The through line in Amesville is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Amesville makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. These features are largely indicative of the areas in the State of Ohio that fall to the south of the terminal moraine. Amesville is home to home until Ephraim Cutler was elected librarian in 1804. Amesville includes the Coonskin Library Museum.