Columbiana (Ohio)
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Location in Ohio
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | August 21, 1803 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| Counties : |
Columbiana County Mahoning County |
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| Coordinates : | 40 ° 53 ′ N , 80 ° 41 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 6,384 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 406.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 16.0 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of which 15.7 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 353 m | ||
| Postal code : | 44408 | ||
| Area code : | +1 330, 234 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-17036 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1060989 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofcolumbiana.org | ||
| Mayor : | David Spatholt | ||
Columbiana is a city in the west of the American state Ohio , about halfway between Cleveland and Pittsburgh . The area of the city lies in both Counties Columbiana and Counties Mahoning . Columbiana has about 6400 inhabitants. (As of the 2010 census .)
Columbiana is home to a number of listed buildings from the time of Ohio's settlement by whites on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), including the 19th-century Columbiana County Infirmary and the Middle Sandy Presbyterian Church that is still used as a Presbyterian church.
history
Columbiana was founded in 1805 by Joshua Dixon under the name Dixonville, who named the place after his family. Dixonville was later renamed Columbiana. (After Christopher Columbus , in English spelling Columbus.) The place was on the stagecoach route from Pittsburgh to Wooster , and therefore had a number of inns and small blacksmiths for repair.
Personalities
- Harvey Samuel Firestone (1868–1938), founder of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company , was born here.
Individual evidence
- ^ OHIO - Columbiana County on the National Register of Historic Places. Columbiana County Infirmary (1979 NRHP list, # 79001795) and Middle Sandy Presbyterian Church (1994 NRHP list, # 94000414)
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (Editor): The Ohio Guide . Oxford University Press, New York 1940, p. 414. (Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Ohio, sponsored by the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.)