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The Ohio Country (Ohio Territory, [a] Ohio Valley [b]) was a name used for a loosely defined region of colonial North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of Lake Erie. Control of the territory and the region's fur trade was disputed in the 17th century by the Iroquois, Huron, Algonquin, other Native American tribes, and France .
Prior to the American Revolution, Britain exercised nominal sovereignty over Ohio Country due to garrisoning of the former French forts weakly. [17] Just beyond Ohio Country was the great Miami capital of Kekionga which became the center of British trade and influence in Ohio Country and throughout the future Northwest Territory.
Ohio Country, a vaguely defined colonial/frontier region, roughly covering the lands between the upper Ohio River and the Illinois Country (prior to 1787) loosely, the Ohio River Valley in colonial times; incorrectly or informally, lands within the boundary of the state of Ohio after statehood in 1803 [citation needed]
Central and southeastern Ohio except Columbus: December 6, 1997: 220: April 22, 2015: 614: Columbus: October 1947: 380: February 27, 2016: 937: Southwestern part of Ohio including Dayton, Springfield, public parts of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and areas north and east of the Cincinnati metropolitan area: September 28, 1996: 326: March 8 ...
The Congress Lands North of the Old Seven Ranges was a land tract in northeast Ohio that was established by the Congress early in the 19th century. It is located south of the Connecticut Western Reserve and Firelands , east of the Congress Lands South and East of the First Principal Meridian , north of the United States Military District and ...
The average population of Ohio's counties was 133,931; Franklin County was the most populous (1,326,063) and Vinton County was the least (12,474). The average land area is 464 sq mi (1,200 km 2 ). The largest county by area is Ashtabula County at 702.44 sq mi (1,819.3 km 2 ), and its neighbor, Lake County , is the smallest at 228.21 sq mi (591. ...
Gist was hired by the Ohio Company of Virginia to explore the western lands for expansion. On Oct. 31, 1751, Gist left Maryland for the Ohio country with an expedition that included his 17-year ...
The second contract was an option to buy all the land between the Ohio and the Scioto rivers and the western boundary line of the Ohio Company's tract, extending north of the tenth survey township from the Ohio, this tract being preempted by Manasseh Cutler and Winthrop Sargent for themselves and others for the Scioto Company. Cutler's original ...