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The main branch of the Ashtabula River is a 28-mile long tributary that begins at
the confluence of the East Branch Ashtabula and West Branch Ashtabula rivers in
Monroe Township (Ashtabula County). The West Branch begins in Pennsylvania just east of the state line.
The Ashtabula River once served as the boundary between the Algonquin Indian
and Iroquois Indian tribes. In fact, the name “Ashtabula” is an anglicized spelling
of the Iroquois word “Hash-tah-buh-lah,” meaning ‘river of many fish"
At the time of the organization of Ashtabula County, in 1811, the northeastern section of the county, embracing Townships Nos. 12, 13 and 14 of that first range, were set aside and given the name of Salem. The assignment included what are now Conneaut and Monroe Townships. In the first division that made two distinct townships of the one, Monroe was but five miles square, but when the town was organized, in 1818, it was given two miles more in length, the same being taken from Conneaut and added to the northern portion of the new township, thus making it seven by five miles in area and the largest township in the county. The town was said to have been named from President James Monroe.