Lancaster, Ohio
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Location in Ohio
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| Foundation : | 1800 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Fairfield County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 43 ′ N , 82 ° 36 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 35,335 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 755 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 46.8 km 2 (approx. 18 mi 2 ) of which 46.8 km 2 (approx. 18 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 268 m | ||
| Postal code : | 43130 | ||
| Area code : | +1 740 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-41720 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1048903 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.lancaster.oh.us | ||
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Lancaster is a city on the Hocking River in the County of Fairfield in the American state of Ohio , about 53 km southeast of Columbus . Lancaster has a population of over 35,000 (as of the 2000 census ) and is the administrative seat of County Fairfield.
A number of buildings and areas in Lancaster are listed and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). These include the birthplace of General William Tecumseh Sherman , the historic city center, the Methodist Episcopal Camp Ground Historic District, and the Lancaster West Main Street Historic District.
history
The city was founded in 1800 by Ebenezer Zane (1747–1811), who laid the road ("Zane's Trace") through the Northwest Territory , and in return received lands at three river crossings on his road: on the Muskingum River , on the Hocking River , and on the Scioto River . From the land on the Hocking River, New Lancaster was renamed Lancaster in 1805. As early as 1806 Lancaster was the seat of the county administration, in 1809 the first newspaper appeared, the Lancaster Eagle Gazette. Since the majority of the settlers were of German origin, the newspaper appeared in German, and school lessons were also held in German. The first economic boom occurred in 1836 when the Lancaster Lateral Canal was connected to the Ohio-Erie Canal .
Personalities
- Thomas Ewing Sr. (1789–1871), Senator, Secretary of the Treasury, and first Secretary of the Interior of the United States
- William T. Sherman (1820–1891), Union Army general in the American Civil War
- John Sherman (1823–1900), Ohio State Senator and United States Government, author of the Sherman Antitrust Act
- Thomas Ewing Jr. (1829–1896), General in the Union Army in the American Civil War, then Congressman
- John Willock Noble (1831–1912), lawyer and politician
- Richard Felton Outcault (1863-1928), comic book artist
- James A. Hill (1923-2010), General and Assistant Chief of Staff, US Air Force
- Charles “Chuz” Alfred (1932–2018), jazz musician
- David Graf (1950–2001), film actor
- Alan Ogg (1967-2009), basketball player
- Katie Smith (born 1974), basketball player
Web links
- Historic Lancaster
- Central Ohio History (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ OHIO - Fairfield County on the National Register of Historic Places: Sherman, John, Birthplace (NRHP listing 1966, # 66000609), Lancaster Historic District (NRHP listing 1983, # 83003438), Lancaster Methodist Episcopal Camp Ground Historic District (NRHP- Photograph 1987, # 87001560), Lancaster West Main Street Historic District (NRHP photograph 1979, # 79001830)
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (Editor): The Ohio Guide . Oxford University Press, New York 1940, pp. 465-466. (Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Ohio, sponsored by the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.)
- ↑ General James A. Hill , af.mil