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Cities in Ohio
- ClevelandOn the 22nd of July 1796, surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company laid out a new settlement near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River.
- CincinnatiMathias Denman, Colonel Robert Patterson, and Israel Ludlow landed at the northern bank of the Ohio River in 1788 to establish a settlement.
- Columbus, OhioOn the 14th of February 1812, a dense forestland known as Wolf's Ridge became the birthplace of Columbus. This location sat at the confluence of the Scioto…
- Canton, OhioBezaleel Wells recorded the plat for Canton on the 15th of November 1805. He was a surveyor who later served in the Ohio Senate.
- Massillon, OhioThomas Rotch, a Quaker from New Bedford, Massachusetts, founded the original settlement of Kendal in 1812. James Duncan of New Hampshire recorded the town…