Christiansburg, Ohio
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Location in Ohio
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| Foundation : | 1808 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Champaign County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 3 ′ N , 84 ° 2 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 553 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 921.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 0.6 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) of which 0.6 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 340 m | ||
| Postal code : | 45389 | ||
| Area code : | +1 937 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-14296 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1060962 | ||
Christiansburg is a village in Champaign County , Ohio , United States . In the 2000 census, the place had 553 inhabitants. The village covers only 0.6 km², excluding land.
Christiansburg was called Addison from 1842 to 1915 and is still sometimes called that by the population today.
geography
Christiansburg is located in the extreme southwest of Jackson Township , which in turn forms the southwestern part of Champaign County. The village is on the border with Miami County .
history
The first settler in Jackson Township on whose territory Christiansburg arose was Charles Dorsey. He had fought in the American Revolutionary War in 1776 and came here from Virginia in 1803 at the age of 44 . He was awarded land by the government of the newly formed state of Ohio. In this area the land was made up of dense forests and first had to be cleared. After Dorsey did that, he returned to Virginia to get his family. He lived with this until his death on July 14th, 1811. His grave on the Old Grafton Farm can still be visited today.
One of the early settlers in Jackson Township was Joshua Howell, the founder of Christiansburg. He was from the Christiansburg , Virginia area and came here in 1808 with his wife Mary and eight children, six sons and two daughters. In section 31 of the township, he registered a quarter for himself. He and his sons built a log cabin and cleared enough land to grow food for the winter. They also planted an orchard so that there was always enough fruit.
But the pioneering spirit of the older Joshua Howell meant that he and his younger children moved on to Indiana when new land was being settled there. However, his eldest sons, Joshua, Daniel, and Jeremiah Howell remained in Jackson Township. Daniel married in Virginia and came back in 1810 to register his own piece of land. He acquired 32 acres west of today's town on West Fork Honey Creek . When his farm was doing well, another 32 acres was added. Later Daniel built a house out of bricks that he won from the loamy stream bed. Because of the abundance of this building material, brick factories were later built in Christiansburg and other places in Jackson Township.
In 1817 Joshua Howell Jr. decided that a town should now be founded in the township, and so he drew up a plan. He cleared the area and built roads. In 1820 only 6 houses were completed. The village, called Christiansburg in memory of Howells' hometown , grew slowly until William McCrea opened the first shop here. William had emigrated with his parents from Scotland to the United States at the age of 14 and attended school in the township. First he attended a "Pay School", in which each student had to pay the teacher a certain amount for lessons. In 1825 a new school law came and public schools were established. William McCrea went to Cincinnati to get married after completing his education , but soon returned with his wife and opened his shop in 1829. Soon the wooden house in which he was selling goods such as tea, coffee, sugar, salt, but also all other goods of daily life such as dishes, glassware and toilet articles etc., became too small and a larger half-timbered house was built for it. Soon Abiel Smith's first inn opened opposite the store. In the 1830s, various businesses set up shop, a tannery, several sawmills, two manufacturers of horse-drawn carts, a coffin maker, etc. Church communities were founded when the number of residents doubled. The first was the Addison Methodist Episcopal Church in 1835. A mayor and a councilor were also elected that year. But it was still too early for a municipality and the status was revoked after a year. In 1842 Christiansburg was renamed Addison .
Individual evidence
- ^ The History of Champaign County. WR Beers & Co., Chicago 1881, p. 431
- ^ The History of Champaign County. WR Beers & Co., Chicago 1881, p. 433
- ^ The History of Champaign County. WR Beers & Co., Chicago 1881, p. 437