The Place Names Of Jefferson County Ohio PDF Download

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Adena, Ohio, Amsterdam, Ohio, Belvedere, Ohio, Bergholz, Ohio, Bloomingdale, Ohio, Brilliant, Ohio, Dillonvale, Jefferson County, Ohio, East Springfield, Ohio, Empire, Ohio, Greentown, Jefferson County, Ohio, Hammondsville, Ohio, Hopewell, Jefferson County, Ohio, Irondale, Ohio, Mingo Junction, Ohio, Mount Pleasant, Ohio, New Alexandria, Ohio, New Somerset, Ohio, Piney Fork, Ohio, Rayland, Ohio, Richmond, Ohio, Rush Run, Ohio, Salineville, Ohio, Smithfield, Ohio, Steubenville, Ohio, Stratton, Ohio, Tiltonsville, Ohio, Toronto, Ohio, Weems, Ohio, Wintersville, Ohio, Wolf Run, Ohio, Yorkville, Ohio. Excerpt: Steubenville is the county seat of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. Located along the Ohio River, it is a principal city of the Weirton, WV-Steubenville, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, a subsection of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 18,659. The city's name comes from Fort Steuben, a 1786 fort that sat within the city's current limits and was named for German-Prussian military officer Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. Today, a replica of the fort is open to the public. Steubenville is known as the "City of Murals," after its more than 25 downtown murals. It is home to Franciscan University of Steubenville and Eastern Gateway Community College (formerly Jefferson Community College). Market Street, 1910 Ohio Valley Clay Company, 1910In 1786-87, the United States built Fort Steuben to protect the government surveyors mapping the land west of the Ohio River, and named the fort in honor of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. When the surveyors completed their task a few years later, the fort was abandoned. In the meantime, settlers had built homes around the fort; they named their settlement La Belle. On July 29, 1797, Jefferson County was organized by a...