Cass Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,492 people in the township, 1,419 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. Geography Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships: Washington Township, Coshocton County - north, west of Virginia Township Virginia Township, Coshocton County - north, east of Washington Township Franklin Township, Coshocton County - northeast corner Adams Township - far east Madison Township - east Jefferson Township - southeast Muskingum Township - south Licking Township - southwest Jackson Township - west Pike Township, Coshocton County - northwest corner A small part of the village of Dresden is located in central Cass Township. Furthermore, two unincorporated communities lie in the township: Adams Mills in the northeast, and Trinway in the north. Name and history Statewide, other Cass Townships are located in Hancock and Richland counties. The township is named for Major Jonathan Cass, who lived between Trinway and Adams Mills. A People Divided At a special election, held 1 Apr 1852, it was voted by the tax-payers of Jefferson Township, to issue to the Steubenville & Indiana Railway Company, township bonds to the amount of $100,000, to aid in the construction of this road. These bonds were to bear seven percent interest payable semi-annually, on the first day of January and July, and to mature 1 Jan 1862. This first issue of bonds was soon taken up and burned by the Township Trustees, because the County Auditor refused to register and officially sign them. On 22 Jul 1852 the Trustees re-issued these bonds, as set forth in the extract of the official record, given below: "After due consideration, the Trustees took up, and destroyed by fire, the said $100,000 of bonds, and executed and delivered to said railway company, in lieu thereof, one hundred bonds of one thousand dollars ($1000) each, and numbered one to one thousand, consecutively, and dated them the same as the former issue, to-wit: April 1st 1852."Out of the issue of these bonds grew the trouble which, in October, 1853, resulted in the division of the township. At the special election, held to vote on the issue, or non-issue of these bonds, three hundred and forty were cast in favor of having them issued, and only one hundred and fourteen against the measure. The voters of the village