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Lewistown (also Lewis Town or Lewiston) [2] is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in central Washington Township, Logan County, Ohio, United States. [2] As of the 2020 census , the population was 202.
After the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830, American officials increased pressure on Natives still living in Ohio to sign treaties and move to the West. In the 1831 Treaty of Lewistown, the Shawnees and Senecas of Lewistown, known as the "Mixed Band", were compelled to cede their reservation in Ohio and move to Indian Territory. [32]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Washington Township was organized in 1839. [5] It is one of 43 Washington Townships statewide. [6]On the shores of Dunns Pond (in northern Washington Township) [7] is a Native American mound, the Dunns Pond Mound, which was built at some point between 300 BC and AD 600.
Locally produced documentary “A Higher Law: The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of 1858" will be shown on Saturday at the Ohio History Center.
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It's been more than 200 years since Ohioans witnessed a total solar eclipse. What was life like in 1806 on the Ohio frontier?
On August 3, 1829, members of the Shawnee Indians and the Seneca Indians signed the Treaty of Lewistown with the United States. In this treaty, Senecas and Shawnees living at Lewistown, Ohio, relinquished their claim to the land and joined the rest of the Ohio Senecas already living on a reservation west of the Mississippi River.