 It was incorporated as a village in 1906.During Morgan's Raid, a Union victory in the Civil War in 1863, Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan traveled through Moorefield, Harrisville, New Athens, Smithfield, New Alexandria, Wintersville, Two Ridge, Richmond, East Springfield, Bergholz (Nebo), and Monroeville on his way to defeat at the Battle of Salineville.Bergholz is located at (40.520509, -80.883815).