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Denmark once had a post office called Merritt, named for the Merritt family who were the first settlers there. [2] A post office was established under the name Marits in 1833, and remained in operation until 1907. [3] Besides the post office, Denmark once contained a church and country store. [4]
It is the only Denmark Township statewide. [4] The area now composing Denmark Township was long inhabited by the Seneca Indian tribe. Peter Knapp, a New Yorker who arrived in 1809, was the first Euro-American settler in the area. [5] Denmark Township was described in 1833 as having one gristmill and two saw mills. [6]
Map of the United States with Ohio highlighted. Ohio is a state located in the Midwestern United States. Cities in Ohio are municipalities whose population is no less than 5,000; smaller municipalities are called villages. Nonresident college students and incarcerated inmates do not count towards the city requirement of 5,000 residents. [1]
Old Morrow County Jail. Morrow County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,950. [2] Its county seat is Mount Gilead. [3] The county was organized in 1848 from parts of four neighboring counties and named for Jeremiah Morrow who was the Governor of Ohio from 1822 to 1826.
Athens is a city and the county seat of Athens County, Ohio, United States.The population was 23,849 at the 2020 census. [5] Located along the Hocking River within Appalachian Ohio about 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Columbus, Athens is best known as the home of Ohio University, a large public research university with an undergraduate and graduate enrollment of more than 21,000 students. [6]
By 1920, nine Ohio cities had populations of 50,000 or more. [58] The rapid urbanization brought about a growth of commercial industries in the state, including many financial and insurance institutions. The National City Corporation was founded in 1849, today part of PNC Financial Services.
Its county seat and largest city is Youngstown. [2] The county is named after the Mahoning River and was formed on March 1, 1846; the 83rd county in Ohio. [3] [4] Present-day Mahoning County was part of Trumbull and Columbiana counties until 1846, when the counties were redefined and Mahoning County was established as a new county. [5]
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]