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Hell Town is the name for a Lenape (or Delaware) Native-American village located on Clear Creek near the abandoned town of Newville, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1] The site is on a high hill just north of the junction of Clear Creek and the Black Fork of the Mohican River.
Greentown was located near Perrysville in Ashland County, Ohio. It was established in 1782 after the village of Helltown was abandoned, and was presumably named after Thomas Green, a Loyalist who served in Butler's Rangers and participated in the Battle of Wyoming. By 1812 there were between 150 and 200 families living at Greenstown.
Helltown or Hell Town may refer to: Helltown, California, U.S. Hell Town, Ohio, a Lenape village archaeological site near Newville, Ohio, U.S. Hell Town, a 1985 American drama series; Born to the West, a 1937 John Wayne film reissued as Hell Town; Helltown: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod, a 2022 book by Casey Sherman
The community takes its name from Boston Township. [2] The first settlement at Boston was made in 1820. [3] A sawmill was built at Boston in about 1821. [3] An early variant name was Boston Mills. [4]
Before Butler was founded and named, it was the site of the Delaware Indians hunting ground. Helltown, as the Indians called it, was chosen for its plentiful wild game and fertile farmlands. As early as 1808, settlers were living in Northeastern Worthington township, however the area that makes up Butler was not settled until another 10 years.
The Boston Mills Historic District is a historic district in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Northeast Ohio in the United States. With the opening of the Ohio and Erie Canal in 1827, people began to settle in this vicinity. By 1842, there was a water-powered mill, a large warehouse, a boat-yard, two stores and a hotel, and the population ...
South Cumminsville was originally the southern portion of a larger settlement known as Cumminsville, which is notable for having earned the moniker "Helltown" for a number of peculiarities in opposition to the prevailing moralistic values of the region in the early-1800s, such as horse racing. [2]
Delaware Town, Ohio - is a ghost town in Coshocton County, Ohio; El Rose (Hancock County) - small town in Orange Township with Rail station but not much business; Elk Lick (Destroyed and flooded after construction of William H. Harsha Lake) [citation needed] Elm Grove (Hancock County) - small town in Marion Township