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The Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks are a group of 20 metropolitan parks in and around Columbus, Ohio. They are officially organized into the Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District. The Metro Parks system was organized in 1945 under Ohio Revised Code Section 1545 as a separate political division of the state of Ohio.
The state bought the land in 1941, but the park did not open until 1957. The state used the land initially as a prison camp. [citation needed] In 1956, Four Mile Creek was dammed to form Acton Lake, named for Clyde Acton, the member of the Ohio General Assembly who persuaded the legislature to buy the property. [4]
The land for Blacklick Woods Metro Park was purchased in 1947 after the Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks received funding. [5] It was the first park in the Metro Parks system. [1] The park was dedicated on October 24, 1948 despite concern it was too far in the country. [6]
Hocking Hills State Park is a state park in the Hocking Hills region of Hocking County, Ohio, United States.In some areas the park adjoins the Hocking State Forest.Within the park are over 25 miles (40 km) of hiking trails, rock formations, waterfalls, and recess caves.
Ashland County: 4,541 acres Perry State Forest: New Lexington: 4,706 acres Pike State Forest: Pike/Highland counties: 12,159 acres Richland Furnace State Forest: Byer: 2,524 acres (9 km 2) Scioto Trail State Forest: Chillicothe: 9,600 acres (38 km 2) Shade River State Forest: Meigs County: 2,859 acres Shawnee State Forest: West Portsmouth ...
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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Stark County, Ohio, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. [1]