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Milan (/ ˈ m aɪ l ən / MY-lən) [5] is a village in Erie and Huron counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,371 at the 2020 census . It is best known as the birthplace and childhood home of Thomas Edison .
In 1787, the village of "Petquotting"/"New Salem" was established by the Moravian Indians (about 3 miles (5 km) north of present Milan village); they abandoned this village by 1791, but returned in 1804, until about 1808, to a new location within the now village of Milan. Milan Township was originally established about 1808 as "Avery Township".
The Thomas Alva Edison Birthplace is a historic house museum at 9 Edison Drive in Milan, Ohio, Built in 1841, it was the birthplace of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931), born on February 11, 1847.
Milan High School held Hemio Day and a parade held in the 1930s and '40s. Hemio Day aimed to prepare students for leadership in life.
Abbott–Page House is a historic house located on Mason Road, 2.5 miles northeast of Milan, Ohio. It is locally significant as an early, still surviving farm, and as a well-preserved example of Federal/Greek Revival architecture.
Location of Erie County in Ohio. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Erie County, Ohio. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Erie County, Ohio, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National ...
The Huron Institute was a school located in Milan in the U.S. state of Ohio, in what was then Huron County. The Huron Institute owed its existence to the extensive revivals of religion in the churches of Huron Presbytery in the years 1830 and 1831. The Institute was incorporated by act of the Ohio General Assembly in 1832. With the local people ...
Milan was the only village in the township until the building of the canal between 1826 and 1828, which brought about the town of Fulton on the other side of the river. Milan boasted churches, cemeteries, and a grocery built to service the hundreds of canal workers. Fulton surpassed Milan though and the prefix Canal was added.