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PART I.
HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY |
| Geographical Position |
17 |
| Early Explorations |
17 |
| Discovery of the Ohio |
26 |
| English Exploration & Settlements |
28 |
| American Settlements |
53 |
| Division of the Northwest Territory |
58 |
| Tecumseh and the War of 1812 |
61 |
| Black Hawk and the Black Hawk War |
64 |
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PART II.
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OHIO. |
| History of Ohio |
73 |
| French History |
76 |
| Ordinance of 1787, No. 32 |
87 |
Comments upon the
Ordinance of Statutes
of Ohio.
Edited by Salmon P. Chase, and Published in the year
1833 |
91 |
| The War of 1812 |
107 |
| Banking |
111 |
| The Canal System |
113 |
| Ohio Land Tracts |
114 |
| Improvements |
119 |
| State Boundaries |
121 |
| Organization of Counties |
122 |
| Description of Counties |
122 |
| Early Events |
122 |
| Governors of Ohio |
143 |
| Some General Characteristics |
160 |
| Outline Geology of Ohio |
162 |
| Ohio Rank During the War of the
Rebellion |
165 |
| A Brief Mention of Prominent Ohio
Generals |
172 |
| Some Discussed Subjects |
177 |
| Conclusion |
181 |
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PART III.
HISTORY OF SENECA COUNTY. |
| CHAPTER I. -
TOPOGRAPHY - TOWNSHIPS AND CITIES - NATURAL HISTORY - ARCHAEOLOGY |
187-196 |
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Boundaries -
Population - Altitudes - Rivers and Creeks - Townships - Cities -
Postal Towns - Villags - Review of Surface Features and Soil - Wells
and Spring - Gas Wells - Zoology - Botany - Climatology - Ancient
Relics - Old Fortifications - Indian Mounds - Curios - Fossils -
Human Remains. |
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| CHAPTER II. - SENECA'S RED PIONEERS
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196 - 217 |
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The Shawnees
- The Wyandots - The Delawares - The Senecas of Sandusky - Indian
Treaties Affecting Seneca County - Cession and Recession - Tecumseh
- Elsquata - Leather-lips - Roundhead - Logan - Pumpkin - Witchcraft
- Death of Seneca John - Comstock - Wiping Stick - Tequania - Peter
Pork - Buck-ong-a-he-las - Blue Jacket - Beaver - Soo-de-nooks -
Grey Eyes - Lollaway - Between-the-logs White and Colored Captives
and Breeds - Conclusion. |
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| CHAPTER III. - PIONEERS OF SENECA
COUNTY - PIONEER ASSOCIATION - OLD TIME INCIDENTS, CUSTOMS, ETC. |
218-238 |
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Pere Rasles
- Moravians - Sanduski - Capt. Elliott, John Leigh and Others -
Treaty of the Miami of the Lake - Actual Settlement - Erastus Bowe,
Welch Family and Others - Early Town Builders - Pioneer Meetings -
Pioneer Reminiscences - Jacksonian Days and Manners - Land-hunting
and Cabin Building - Temperance Raisings - Old Time Grist-Mills -
Wolves - Deer Hunting - Toledo War - Indians and Pioneers - Pioneer
Weddings - Matrimonial Peculiarities - Pioneer Women - Tobacco
Smoking Fashionable - Female Costume. |
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| CHAPTER IV. ORGANIC HISTORY - PUBLIC
BUILDINGS |
238-259 |
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| CHAPTER V. - POLITICAL HISTORY |
259-289 |
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| CHAPTER VI - JUDICIARY |
290-311 |
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| CHAPTER VII. - PHYSICIANS - MEDICAL
ASSOCIATIONS |
311-319 |
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| CHAPTER VIII. - THE PRESS |
319-328 |
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| CHAPTER IX. - MILITARY HISTORY
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328-371 |
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British Occupation - War of 1812 - Building of Forth
Ball - Building of Fort Seneca - Harrison at Fort Seneca - Toledo
War - Pioneer Militia of Seneca County - Mexican War - War of the
Union - Organization of Companies and Regiments - Relief
Associations - Drafting - Military Statistics, etc. - Record of
Officers - Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry - Fifty-fifth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry - One Hundred and First Ohio Volunteer Infantry -
One Hundred and First Ohio Volunteer Infantry - One Hundred and
Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry - Roster - Soldiers' Monument. |
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| CHAPTER X. - SOCIETIES |
372-379 |
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| CHAPTER XI. - RAILROADS |
380-386 |
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Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad - Indiana,
Bloomington & Western Railroad - Melmore & Republic Railroad - Ohio,
Miami & Wabash Railroad - Fort Ball & Lower Sandusky Railroad -
Tiffin & Fort Wayne Railroad - Cleveland, Ft. Wayne & Chicago
Railroad - Columbus, Tiffin & Toledo Railroad - Pittsburgh, Canton &
Chicago Railroad - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad - Columbus, Hocking
Valley & Toledo Railroad - Ohio Central Railroad - Mansfield,
Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad - Northwestern Ohio Railroad -
"Nickel Plate" Railroad - Lake Erie & Western Railroad - Akron &
Fort Wayne Railroad. |
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| CHAPTER XII. - BANKS AND INSURANCE |
386-387 |
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| CHAPTER XIII. - STATISTICS |
388-398 |
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| CHAPTER XIV. - ADAMS TOWNSHIP
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398-417 |
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Surveys - Geological Notes - Topography - Railroads
- Organic and Official - School Lands - Pioneers - Common Schools -
Statistics - SULPHUR SPRINGS VILLAGE - ADAMSVILLE VILLAGE - TOWN OF
GREEN SPRING - Settlement - Survey - Additions - Organic and
Official - Business Interests - Churches - Green Spring Academy -
Cemeteries - Postoffice - Banks, Bankers, etc. - Secret and
Benevolent Societies - Green Spring Cure and Health Resort -
Statistics of Corporation - Conclusion. |
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| CHAPTER XV. - BIG SPRING TOWNSHIP |
418-429 |
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Surveys - Indian Reservation - Topography - Organic
and Official - Schools - Statistics - Pioneers and Old Settlers -
ADRIAN VILLAGE - Surveys and Additions - Organic and Official -
Business Circle - Churches - Schools - SPRINGVILLE VILLAGE - FRENCH
TOWN VILLAGE - ALVADA VILLAGE - Railroads in Big Spring Township -
Conclusion. |
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| CHAPTER XVI. - BLOOM TOWNSHIP
|
429-445 |
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Population - Physical Features - Corniferous
Formation - Dynamite Explosion - Soil - Organic and Official -
Pioneers - BLOOMVILLE VILLAGE - Surveys and Additions - Organization
and Officers - Postmasters - Churches - Schools - Newspapers -
Societies - Business and Professions - Manufacturing Industries -
ST. STEPHEN VILLAGE - Catholic Church- ELIZABETHTOWN VILLAGE -
Survey - Location and Population - Railroads in Bloom Township -
Statistics. |
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|
CHAPTER
XVII. - CLINTON TOWNSHIP & TIFFIN CITY |
446-536 |
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In Process -
Boundaries - Origin of Name - Establishment - Rivers and Creeks -
Topography -
Settlement by Pioneers, and Old Residents -
Official
History - SWANDER VILLAGE - VIONA VILLAGE - General Statistics -
TIFFIN CITY - Location - Sandusky River and Rock Creek - Population
(White), 1817-85 - A Reverie - Origin of the Town - Fort Ball, or
the Second War - Original Survey of Tiffin, and Additions -
Incidents of First Settlement - Postmasters - Municipal History -
City Solicitors - Assessors, 1885 - Corporation Statistics - The
Police Force - Fire Department - Churches - Schools - Ursuline
Convent, Schools and College - Heidelberg College - Cemeteries -
Hospital and Asylum - Societies - Libraries - Banks, Insurance, etc.
- Pioneer Notes - Pioneer Manufactures - Manufacturing Industries,
1885 - Coal yards - Hotels - Telegraph, Telephone and Express
Companies - Railroads - Tiffin Waterworks - Places of Amusement -
Tiffin Board of Trade - Conclusion.
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| CHAPTER XVIII. - EDEN TOWNSHIP. |
536-559 |
| |
Introductory - Survey - Van Meter Reservation -
Topography - Organic and Official - General Statistics - School
Statistics - Pioneer History - Personal Mention of Pioneers -
MELMORE VILLAGE - Postmasters - Mills and Millers - Business and
Professional Circle - Societies - Churches - Cemeteries -
Conclusion. |
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| CHAPTER XIX. - HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP |
551-560 |
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Survey - Early History - Population - Railroads -
River and Creeks - Topography - Organic and Official - Pioneers and
Incidents of Pioneer Times - BASCOM VILLAGE - Location and Additions
- Its Brief History- Business Circle - Lodge - Churches - Cemetery
Association - HOPEWELL VILLAGE - STEINERVILLE VILLAGE - Statistics -
Conclusion. |
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CHAPTER XX. - JACKSON TOWNSHIP - |
560-567 |
| |
Survey - First Purchases - Population - Railroads -
Physical Characteristics - Organic and Official - Small Settlements
- Churches - Assessment Roll, 1841 - Valuation and Taxation, 1884-85
- General Statistics - School Statistics - Conclusion. |
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| CHAPTER XXI. - LIBERTY TOWNSHIP |
568-579 |
| |
Survey - Organization - Population - Railroads -
Physical Features - Topography - Organic and Official - Pioneers and
Old Residents - BETTSVILLE VILLAGE - Its Boundaries - Survey and
Additions, Incorporation and Organization - Churches - Societies -
Business Circle of Bettsville - KANSAS VILLAGE - Its Survey and
Additions, Location, Business Houses, etc. - Small Settlements -
Cemeteries - General Statistics - School Statistics. |
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| CHAPTER XXII. - LOUDON TOWNSHIP AND
FOSTORIA CITY |
579-625 |
| |
Survey and Topography - Streams - Railroads -
Population - Organic and Official - Pioneers and Pioneer Incidents -
Schools of Loudon - General Statistics - Predial Statistics - Review
- FOSTORIA CITY - Introduction - Location and General Description -
Geology - Climatology - Statistics - Railroads - History of Location
- Original Survey and Additions - Additions to Fostoria - Organic
and Official History of Rome - Organic and Official History of
Fostoria - Settlement and Progress - Old Consumers and Producers -
Tiffin and Findlay State Roads - Post Offices and Postmasters -
Physicians - Early Manufacturing Industries - Risdon - Beginning of
the Brick Building Era - Churches - Cemeteries - Soldiers Buried at
Fostoria - Societies - Fire Department - Banks - Fostoria Opera
House - Newspapers - Modern Manufacturing Industries - Hotels -
Livery Establishments. |
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| CHAPTER XXIII. - PLEASANT TOWNSHIP |
625-637 |
| |
Introduction and Population - Streams - Topography -
Railroads - Organic and Official - Pioneers and Pioneer Events -
Churches - Schools and School Statistics - Cemeteries - FORT SENECA
VILLAGE - TOWN OF SULPHUR SPRINGS - OLD FORT SENECA VILLAGE -
SHEDENHELM'S STATION VILLAGE - Bridges - General Statistics. |
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| CHAPTER XXIV. - REED TOWNSHIP |
638-347 |
| |
Survey - The "Gore" - Seneca John - Origin of Name -
Population - Topography - Streams and Ponds - Railroads - Organic
and Official - Pioneers and Pioneer Events - LODI VILLAGE - REED
TOWN VILLAGE - TOWN OF OMAR - DETROIT VILLAGE - Churches - Schools -
General Statistics - Conclusion. |
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| CHAPTER XXV. - SCIPIO TOWNSHIP - |
648-664 |
| |
Description - Organization - Origin of Name -
Population - Survey - Streams and Wells - Topography - Railroads -
Organization and Officers - Pioneers and Pioneer Incidents - Schools
- School Statistics - General Statistics - REPUBLIC - Early History
- Pioneer Incidents - Original Town and Additions - Organic and
Official - Churches - Cemetery - Schools - Fire Department -
Societies - Roll of Business Men - Railroads and Highways -
Conclusion. |
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| CHAPTER XXVI. - SENECA TOWNSHIP |
664-674 |
| |
Its Establishment - Streams - Railroads - Topography
- Organic and Official - Pioneer Tax Payers - Pioneer History -
BERWICK VILLAGE - McCUTCHENVILLE VILLAGE - Churches - Cemeteries -
Schools - Valuation and Taxation - Predial Statistics - Conclusion. |
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| CHAPTER XXVII. - THOMPSON TOWNSHIP |
675-683 |
| |
Survey - Population - Geology - Sink Creek -
Singular Phenomena - Topography - Railroad Facilities - Organic and
Official - Pioneers - THOMPSONTOWN VILLAGE - LEWISVILLE VILLAGE -
Churches - Schools - Orphanages - General Statistics. |
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CHAPTER XXVIII. - VENICE TOWNSHIP
- PARTIALLY TRANSCRIBED. |
684-696 |
| |
Survey, Organization and Population - Origin of Name
- Streams - Pike Roads - Railroads - Organic and Official - Pioneers
- Early - Industries - ATTICA VILLAGE - Organic and Official -
Business Interests - Churches - Cemeteries - Societies - Review -
CARROTHERS VILLAGE - CAROLINE VILLAGE - Schools - General Statistics
- Conclusion. |
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PART IV.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES *** |
|
Adams Township |
699 |
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Big Spring Township |
715 |
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Bloom Township |
732 |
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Clinton Township and
Tiffin City |
752 |
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Eden Township |
846 |
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Hopewell Township |
854 |
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Jackson Township |
868 |
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Liberty Township |
877 |
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Louden Township and
Fostoria City |
887 |
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Pleasant township |
967 |
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Reed Township |
953 |
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Scipio Township |
969 |
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Seneca Township |
987 |
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Thompson Township |
1003 |
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Venice Township |
1016 |
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APPENDIX.
ORIGINAL LAND ENTRIES |
| Adams Township |
1064 |
|
Loudon Township |
1049 |
| Big Spring Township |
1047 |
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Pleasant Township |
1059 |
| Bloom Township |
1061 |
|
Reed Township |
1066 |
| Clinton Township |
1058 |
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Scipio Township |
1062 |
| Eden Township |
1056 |
|
Seneca Township |
1052 |
| Hopewell Township |
1053 |
|
Thompson Township |
1067 |
| Jackson Township |
1050 |
|
Venice Township |
1065 |
| Liberty Township |
1055 |
|
The Gore |
1069 |
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PORTRAITS |
| Arbogast, Michael, Seneca |
493 |
|
Leonard, Samuel H., Venice Twp. |
263 |
| Armatage, John, Venice Twp. |
523 |
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McClellan, Robert, Seneca Twp. |
273 |
| Ash, William, Jackson Twp. |
433 |
|
McClellan, A. B., Bloom Twp. |
393 |
| Baldwin, A. C., Tiffin |
313 |
|
Myers, Conrad, Jackson Twp. |
283 |
| Bosworth, George R., Adams Twp. |
213 |
|
Myers, John, Adams Twp. |
343 |
| Brunner, L. A. Tiffin |
233 |
|
Niebel, Levi, Loudon Twp. |
533 |
| Cassety, Samuel, Reed Twp. |
513 |
|
Noble, Montgomery, Jackson Twp. |
413 |
| Cooley, Orange, Scipio Twp. |
553 |
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Noble, Warren P., Tiffin |
223 |
| Creeger, Laurence, Hopewell
Twp. |
503 |
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Pennington, R. G., Tiffin |
293 |
| Crocker, Roswell, Fostoria |
204 |
|
Pultz, Jacob, Pleasant Twp. |
563 |
| Crocker, Sarah Ann, Fostoria |
opp. 204 |
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Reid, J. T., Bloom Twp. |
253 |
| Cupp, William, Hopewell Twp. |
333 |
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Rosenberger, Henry, Hopewell
Twp. |
149 |
| Detterman, John H., Bloom Twp. |
373 |
|
Seitz, Daniel, Bloom Twp. |
403 |
| Fauble, Michael, Thompson Twp. |
303 |
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Seitz, John, Eden Twp. |
423 |
| Foster, Charles W., Fostoria |
81 |
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Seney, George E., Tiffin |
115 |
| Foster, Charles, Fostoria |
183 |
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Signs, John, Loudon Twp. |
573 |
| Fry, Philip H., Pleasant Twp. |
463 |
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Skinner, Morris P., Fostoria |
193 |
| Hedges, Josiah, Tiffin |
47 |
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Stackhouse, Silas J., Liberty
Twp. |
243 |
| Holmes, David, Venice Twp. |
473 |
|
Teare, Caesar, Adams Twp. |
583 |
| Hubbard, E. B., Tiffin |
353 |
|
Titus, R. R., Pleasant Twp. |
363 |
| Huffman, J. W., Venice T |
593 |
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Valentine, T. G., Bloom Twp. |
483 |
| Keppel, George Hopewell Twp. |
323 |
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Watson, T. W., Pleasant Twp. |
383 |
| King, George, Liberty Twp. |
543 |
|
Yambert, Aaron, Seneca Twp. |
453 |
| Lawhead, J. W., Big Spring Twp. |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
| Map of Seneca County |
10-11 |
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Population of Principal
Countries in the World |
69 |
| Population of the United States |
69 |
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Population of Ohio by Counties |
70 |
| Area of the United States |
69 |
|
List of Governors of Ohio |
72 |
| Area of the Principal Countries
in the World |
69 |
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Population of Seneca County, by
Twps. |
389 |
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