The Snake Den Mounds were constructed a few miles outside of the present day village and were believed to have been built prior to C.E.

The site was examined in the late 1890s by Warren K. Moorehead, where he found artifacts of the ancient civilization and skeletal remains.

[8] The Pekowi people lived in the area for much of the 18th Century, but eventually left as America pushed westward.

[9] Ashville sits on land that had been acquired by Great Britain in 1763, following the defeat of France in the French and Indian War, but was prohibited to be settled by white settlers.

[10] Richard Staige (or Stage) Sr., born in Edinburgh, first settled the land that would become Ashville in 1808, after migrating from Virginia.

Following his death in 1811, his sons Richard Jr. and William would each build a distillery on the family's land, opening them the following year.

[12] In 1853, Ashbrook, was voted to the Railroad Committee for the speedy construction for rails to cover Ross, Pickaway, and Franklin Counties.

When the friend failed to pay, Ashbrook was in debt for tens of thousands of dollars and lost much of his wealth to his creditors.

The construction of the Scioto Valley Railroad through Ashville, under the supervision of lead engineer Isham Randolph, began in 1874.

Railroad employees, most notably bridge builders, settled in the northern reaches of Ashville in what has become Little Chicago.

[15] A year later, in 1875, the post office was reestablished after it had been closed following the shuttering of the Ashbrook businesses and a train station was opened in 1876.

In 1890, the population of Ashville reached 430 citizens and the area's first volunteer fire department was created, as well as cisterns were built throughout the village.

Dozens of other businesses sprang up as well to accommodate the growth, including blacksmiths, a lumber yard, a hotel, and even an opera house.

[12] In 1904, Scioto Valley Traction Company opened a railway in town that powered their engines by electricity using a third rail.

A population spike happened again in the 1950s and 1960s as Ashville became a residential town when new homes started popping up west of Long Street.

Though many businesses had fizzled out, new large employers began to target Ashville including Columbus Industries which opened their plant in 1970.

The area is generally viewed to be a fertile region with gently rolling hills created by moraines.

[21] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.51 square miles (6.50 km2), all of it land.

The body passes ordinances and resolutions to manage and control the village's development, finances, and property.

As of 2023, the council members are Randy Loveless (President pro tempore), Roger L. Clark, Colton Henson, David Rainey, and Matt Scholl.

[36] A regional campus of Columbus State Community College was once located at Teays Valley High School.

First English Lutheran was the founding member of the Ashville Food Pantry which is located on Long Street at the village's center.

Shortly after the acquisition, the village built a baseball field with concrete bleachers and a quarter-mile cinder track for community and school use.

Ashville's Fourth of July Celebration has taken place since 1929, and annually brings thousands of people to the community.

Fireworks cap the celebration on Independence Day night and are fired from the Teays Valley High School property.

Hundreds of people gather at the Ashville Community Park where reenactors take up the lifestyle of the Vikings and enjoy music, food, and handcrafted goods of the time period.

[44] In 1978, the Ashville Area Heritage Society opened what became Ohio's Small Town Museum in a former silent film theater, known by locals as the Rocky Dreamland Theatre.

The project was spearheaded by longtime village leader Charlie Morrison and researcher Bob Hines[45].

The museum is home to local memorabilia including a 17-star United States flag, a buoy from the sunken battleship, USS Maine, and the still-working traffic light that was invented by resident Teddy Boor in 1932.