Wauseon, Ohio ???

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"It was named after Wauseon, a Potawatomi Native American who lived in the area before the founding of the state. Wikipedia"
 
Wauseon is the county seat of Fulton County. Residents named the town in honor of Wauseon, a Potawatomi Indian chief. Although the Ohio legislature established Fulton County in 1850, Wauseon did not become the county seat until 1870. The village formed in 1854, and E.L. Hayes constructed the town's first building.

Wauseon grew quickly, attaining a population of 1,905 people in 1880. In 1886, twenty-five percent of the town's residents were school-aged children. The city contained three newspaper offices, six churches, and one bank. Most Wauseon businesses either processed crops or sold agricultural implements to the farmers in the neighboring countryside.

The same held true for the twentieth century. In 2000, Wauseon was Fulton County's largest population center, with 7,091 residents. In the past several decades, thousands of residents of nearby Toledo, Ohio, have moved to Wauseon or other parts of Fulton County, hoping to escape the larger city's busyness and get a piece of INFI
 
Georgecatl said:
Wauseon is the county seat of Fulton County. Residents named the town in honor of Wauseon, a Potawatomi Indian chief. Although the Ohio legislature established Fulton County in 1850, Wauseon did not become the county seat until 1870. The village formed in 1854, and E.L. Hayes constructed the town's first building.

Wauseon grew quickly, attaining a population of 1,905 people in 1880. In 1886, twenty-five percent of the town's residents were school-aged children. The city contained three newspaper offices, six churches, and one bank. Most Wauseon businesses either processed crops or sold agricultural implements to the farmers in the neighboring countryside.

The same held true for the twentieth century. In 2000, Wauseon was Fulton County's largest population center, with 7,091 residents. In the past several decades, thousands of residents of nearby Toledo, Ohio, have moved to Wauseon or other parts of Fulton County, hoping to escape the larger city's busyness and get a piece of INFI
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correct! there has been and increase of city folk moving out here over the past few years. and its still nothing but corn and tractors ha ha ha.
 
I have had a few city folk move in around me. There is always what I call the break in period. This is the month or so that it takes them to stop calling the sheriff every time that I shoot my guns. Most of the time the officer that is called out to my house stops in and joins in the shooting fun. LOL Then they go to inform the person that called that I am breaking no laws and this is very common out in the country.
 
Yea don't live far from there , was it on the edge of the blackswamp? The whole area is still farms and rural thank god !
Jake
 
buckeyejake said:
Yea don't live far from there , was it on the edge of the blackswamp? The whole area is still farms and rural thank god !
Jake
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I'm fairly certain that most of the area used to be under water and swamp land. There are still quite a few low lying areas that are now protected wildlife preservations and swampy marshes. There are a lot of places with higher ground that served as pathways through the area. In these higher ground levels there are countless artifacts that are always turning up. They are mostly arrowheads and native tools but it's interesting none-the-less. I always loved learning about it when I was in school.
 
Yeah all part of the Black Swamp and we still have the mosquitos to prove it come summertime.

Garth
 
Thank You. Some neat "in depth" from the folks actually living in the area.
When my better half retires in 2 years we want to look for a place with some decent property and a lot more "country" than where we are now.
I want to stay either in PA. or Ohio.
 
PA has some very beautiful country. The area around Cooks national forest is one of my favorite places. Most of the towns in that area are less than a few thousand people.
 
Named by the first settler in the area, a man named Miagi. He was a mister-fixit sorta guy, but had a killer wagon collection that always needed cleaning.

He attempted to found a new town next door - Wauseoff. It didn't take.
 
All most fifty out seems like the tropics:-) Fired my two up does anyone remember the Harley shop up there ?
Jake
 
Dennis in MA said:
Named by the first settler in the area, a man named Miagi. He was a mister-fixit sorta guy, but had a killer wagon collection that always needed cleaning.

He attempted to found a new town next door - Wauseoff. It didn't take.
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I love it!!!:D:D:D:thumbup::thumbup:
 
Ohio has a lot of Native American history and influence that can still be found today. Here is a little Monday morning history, since I'm at work and bored already.

The first Native American tribes settled Ohio (based on the Iroquois word meaning “great river” or “large creek”) between 13,000 and 7,000BC. Among the tribes that occupied land in Ohio were” Shawnee, Chippewa, Ojibwa, Delaware, Wyaondot, Eel River, Kaskaskia, Iroquois, Miami, Mingo, Ottawa, Piankashaw, Sauk, Patowatomi, Seneca, Wea.

Perhaps our most famous Native American is Tecumseh, the Shawnee chief who tried to unite the various tribes to resist white settlement. Tecumseh was killed during the War of 1812. His life is portrayed in the outdoor drama “Tecumseh” every summer near Chillicothe (based on the Shawnee word for “principal town”). Chillicothe was also the first capital of Ohio.

The last organized tribe left Ohio in 1843 but their influence can be found pretty much everywhere. Several Ohio counties carry Native American names (Delaware, Wyandot, etc.) My hometown of Columbus is bisected by the Olentangy and Scioto rivers, named after Delaware and Wyandot words respectively. Wapakoneta is the birthplace of Neil Armstrong and its name is based on the Shawnee word meaning "place of white bones". In the winter in Dublin, where I live now, kids go sledding at Leatherlips park. Leatherlips was a Wyandot chief who signed the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, which opened up parts of Ohio to settlement. This made him fairly unpopular with other Native American chiefs, including the previously mentioned Tecumseh. Leatherlips was condemned to death by his brother, another Wyandot chief and executed for his willingness to cooperate with white settlers.
 
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