Ashtabula County, OH

Headnote
ASHTABULA COUNTY, situated in the northeast part of Ohio, on Lake Erie, and watered by Grand and Ashtabula rivers. Length, 28 miles; breadth, 25, with an area of about 700 square miles. The face of the country is undulating, having a soil generally fertile, well-watered and wooded. Courts are held at Jefferson. Pop., in 1820, 7,382; in 1830, 14,584; in 1840, 23,724; in 1850, 28,766. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Ohio

Ashtabula County, Ohio (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
ASHTABULA COUNTY, situated in the northeast part of Ohio, on Lake Erie, and watered by Grand and Ashtabula rivers. Length, 28 miles; breadth, 25, with an area of about 700 square miles. The face of the country is undulating, having a soil generally fertile, well-watered and wooded. Courts are held at Jefferson. Pop., in 1820, 7,382; in 1830, 14,584; in 1840, 23,724; in 1850, 28,766.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 29.
Date Type
Governor of Virginia requests Ohio for the extradition of two Harpers Ferry Raiders Lawmaking/Litigating
Birthplace of
Name Type
Ashtabula, OH City or Town
Jefferson, OH City or Town
Kelloggsville, OH City or Town
Date Title
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Harper’s Ferry Items,” January 30, 1860
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “The Harper’s Ferry Insurgents,” March 15, 1860
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “A Douglas Fizzle in Ashtabula,” July 6, 1860
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