McConnelsville
| McConnelsville | |||
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 Center of McConnelsville, Ohio |
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| Location in Ohio | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Morgan County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 39 ′ N , 81 ° 51 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,676 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 364.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 4.7 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 4.6 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 211 m | ||
| Postal code : | 43756 | ||
| Area code : | +1 740 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-45822 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1061495 | ||
McConnelsville is a place on the Muskingum River in County Morgan in the American state of Ohio , about 100 km east of Columbus . McConnelsville has a population of just under 1700 ( 2000 census ), and is the administrative seat of County Morgan.
The historic city center was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as McConnelsville Historic District in 1979, making it a listed building.
history
McConnelsville was founded in 1871 by Robert McConnel , a general from the American Revolutionary War . Before the abolition of slavery in the United States in 1865, McConnelsville was an underground railroad station for escaped slaves from the southern states.
Personalities
- Cydnor B. Tompkins (1810–1862), Republican Congressman 1857–61.
- James M. Gaylord (1811–1874), Democratic Congressman 1851–53.
- William P. Sprague (1827–1899), Republican Congressman 1871–75.
- Emmet Tompkins (1810–1862), Republican Congressman 1901–03, son of Cydnor B. Tompkins.
- Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1853-1935), explorer and cartographer, took part in expeditions to the Colorado River , Alaska , and Siberia .
- Seth Thomas (1873–1962), federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit from 1936 to 1954.
- James J. Gibson (1904–1979), psychologist, Cornell University professor specializing in cognitive psychology.
Web links
Commons : McConnelsville, Ohio - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ OHIO - Morgan County on the National Register of Historic Places: McConnelsville Historic District (added to the NRHP list in 1979, # 79001906)
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (Editor): The Ohio Guide . Oxford University Press, New York 1940, pp. 545-547. (Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Ohio, sponsored by the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.)
- ^ Henry Robert Burke and Charles Hart Fogle: Washington County Underground Railroad . Arcadia Publishing, 2004, pp. 39-40. ISBN 0738532568