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Building replaced by the Dwyer Mercer County District Library in 1970. After further expansion, name changed to Mercer County District Library in 1994. 15: Chillicothe Chillicothe: Apr 13, 1903: $30,000 140 S. Paint St. Opened 1907, now the Chillicothe & Ross County Public Library (Main library) 16: Cincinnati Avondale Cincinnati: Apr 9, 1902 ...
Grand Lake St. Marys State Park Graftonoceras fossil nautiloid, found near Coldwater, southern Mercer County. Mercer County is located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,528. [1] Its county seat is Celina. [2] The county was created in 1820 and later organized in 1824. [3] It is named for Hugh Mercer, an ...
Coldwater was founded in 1838 [5] and was originally called Buzzard's Glory, named after David Buzzard who operated a general store. [6] Coldwater was platted in 1859. [7] The village takes its name from nearby Coldwater Creek. [8]
As the library neared completion donations of good, worthwhile books were requested. The first librarian hired to run the library was Gertrude A. Baker of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. On May 8, 1902, the library was dedicated and officially opened to the public. At this time the 2,505 volumes from the other city library were transferred to the Carnegie ...
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. ...
The first public library in Columbus, the downtown reading room on the first floor of City Hall, opened on March 4, 1873, and contained 1,500 books. [3] These included 1,200 from the Columbus Athenaeum (1853-1872), [4] 358 from Columbus's high school library, and 33 from its horticultural society. [5]
The Defiance Public Library is a historic Carnegie library located in Defiance, Ohio. It was built in 1904 with funds from Andrew Carnegie and was designed by architects Wing & Mahurin . The Tudor Revival -style building includes stained glass, a red sandstone façade, and picture windows overlooking the junction the Maumee and Auglaize Rivers ...
The Kenton Public Library is a historic building in downtown Kenton, Ohio, United States. One of 109 Carnegie libraries in Ohio, it was designed in 1905 by the architectural firm of Richards, McCarty and Bulford; [2] Carnegie donated $20,000 to aid in its construction. An attempt to start a library in Kenton began in 1853, but over thirty years ...