The Ohio Historical Society maintains many of the buildings as museums, but the remainder is primarily comprised of restored residences. Many of these residences contain home occupations much like in the Zoarites's era. Feel free to take a walk around town no matter what the hour, and don't be alarmed if you meet some of the locals doing the same. There are no stop lights, not even a blinking one. A common meeting place is the post office, because there is no home delivery.
Village government is comprised of a mayor and six council members.
If you look to the east you will see where Sandy Creek empties into the river. This was one of the few spots in Ohio to be known by name before the Revolutionary War. Col. Bouquet crossed here in 1764 with an army of 1500 men comprised of Highland regulars, Royal Americans, Pennsylvania troops and Virginia backwoodsmen. It was on a hill overlooking Zoar land that councils were held with Seneca, Delaware and Shawnee chiefs for the release of all white captives. Gen. Wayne's victorious battle of Fallen Timbers resulted in the 1795 Greenville Treaty.