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Sep. 6—GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Construction on the new Gallia County Jail is moving along with only reported minor delays. The Gallia County Board of Commissioners met with Granger Construction and ...
May 7—GALLIPOLIS — A long-awaited project for Gallia County moves into its next phase starting Monday when construction equipment arrives and fencing is erected for the new Gallia County Jail ...
Gallia County had originally been settled by French immigrants, who named the county "Gallia", the Latin name for Gaul, the ancient region of Western Europe which included present day France. [6] In the 19th century, the county was settled by numerous migrants from the Upper South, who traveled to the territory by the Ohio River.
Gallipolis (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ə p ə ˈ l iː s / GAL-ə-pə-LEESS [7]) is a chartered village in and the county seat of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. [8] The municipality is located in Southeast Ohio along the Ohio River about 55 miles (89 km) southeast of Chillicothe and 44 miles (71 km) northwest of Charleston, West Virginia.
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The Gallia County Local Schools Board of Education and several former employees were also listed as defendants in the lawsuit, which says they knew about the abuse and did nothing to stop it.
The average population of Ohio's counties was 133,931; Franklin County was the most populous (1,326,063) and Vinton County was the least (12,474). The average land area is 464 sq mi (1,200 km 2 ). The largest county by area is Ashtabula County at 702.44 sq mi (1,819.3 km 2 ), and its neighbor, Lake County , is the smallest at 228.21 sq mi (591. ...