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Ohio University is a public university located in Athens (30,000+ students [51]) that is situated on an 1,800-acre (7.3 km 2) campus. Founded in 1804, it is the oldest university in Ohio, [52] oldest in the Northwest Territory, [53] and ninth oldest public university in the United States.
Athens County is a county in southeastern Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 62,431. [2] Its county seat and largest city is Athens. [3] The county was formed in 1805 from Washington County. Because Ohio's first state university, Ohio University, was established here in 1804, the town and the county are named for the ancient center ...
Athens Lunatic Asylum. The Athens Lunatic Asylum, now a mixed-use development known as The Ridges,[2] was a Kirkbride Plan mental hospital operated in Athens, Ohio, from 1874 until 1993. During its operation, the hospital provided services to a variety of patients including Civil War veterans, children, and those declared mentally unwell.
On March 1, 1803, Ohio was admitted to the union as the 17th state. Settlement of Ohio was chiefly by migrants from New England, New York and Pennsylvania. Southerners settled along the southern part of the territory, arriving by travel along the Ohio River from the Upper South.
Ohio University (Ohio or OU) is a public research university with its main campus in Athens, Ohio, United States. [9] The university was first chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subsequently approved by the territorial legislature in 1802 and the Ohio General Assembly in 1804, [10] opening for students in 1809. [11]
Missouri Compromise, 1820 federal statute enabling the admission of Missouri (a slave state) and Maine (a free state) into the Union. Toledo War, 1835–36 boundary dispute between Ohio and the adjoining Michigan Territory, which delayed Michigan's admission to the Union. Texas annexation, the 1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into ...
Website. www.co.hocking.oh.us. Hocking County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,050. [2] Its county seat is Logan. [3] The county was organized on March 1, 1818, from land given by Athens, Fairfield, and Ross counties. [4] Its name is from the Hocking River, the origins of which are ...
740. FIPS code. 39-02750 [2] GNIS feature ID. 1085750 [1] Website. athenstwp .com. Athens Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 30,163 people in the township.