Newville was a town located near what is now Pleasant Hill Lake, in northeastern Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio, United States.

[1] The tribes generally inhabited fixed villages with traditional long houses in small groups that responded to the topography and natural resources available in a certain area.

Newville lies in a small valley at the confluence of Slater's Run with the Clearfork of the Mohican River, nearly surrounded by tree-covered hills.

Herring drove to Baltimore with a six-horse team to procure burrs, wheels and gearings for the mill.

Herring entered another millsite, also on the Clearfork, fifteen miles down the stream, where he erected his second grist mill, and a few years later laid out the town of Newville.

The first settlers in Newville and vicinity were John Frederick Herring, Abraham Nye, Michael Hogan, Daniel Carpenter, George Armentrout and Luther Richard.

Major Carpenter was one of the charter members of the Richland County Historical society and its first vice president.

To further the business interests of the town, Daniel Carpenter founded an “ashery,” and manufactured another exportable commodity - pearl ash.

When set free by steam, it passed into a condenser, into which a small stream of cold water was conducted.

Corps of Engineers built a dam on the Mohican river, that would under some circumstances, cause the town to be flooded, and it was ordered abandoned.