E it remembered, that on the twentieth de thousand eight hundred and twentynine, and the fiftyfourth year of American Independenc John Kilbourn, of said District has deposited in this Office, th title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author and pro prietor in the words and figures following, to wit: "The Ohi Gazetteer, or Topographical Dictionary, describing the sev eral Counties, Towns, Villages, Canals, Roads, Rivers, Lakes Springs, Mines, &c, in the state of Ohio." In conformity t the act of Congress of the United States, entitled "An ac for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies e Maps, Charts, and Books, to authors and proprietors of suc copies, during the times therein mentioned.' And also to "An act supplementary to an act for the encouragement o Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." Att. WILLIAM MINER, Clerk of the District Court of Ohio. LENOX LIBRA TO GEN. DUNCAN M'ARTHUR. GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF, IN AND OVER THE STATE OF OHIO, SİR: On numerous occasions, during several years past, you have been pleased to speak in highly commendatory terms, of the previous editions of the Ohio Gazetteer; and of the author's various maps of this state; and otherwise to patronise the same.-Feeling grateful therefore for those friendly notices, I now do myself the pleasure of thus publicly acknowledging the kindness. It is now turned of forty years since you, then a youth, (in 1790,) volunteered yourself under Gen. Harmar, in the military service against the Indians, in the territory, now state of Ohio; and in which service you steadily continued, exerting yourself in defence of the frontier, settlement, until the termination of the Indian war, by the treaty of Greenville. Two small settlements only, to wit: those at Marietta, and at Cincinnati, had then just been commenced, within the limits of what is now the great state of Ohio; containing nearly 1,000,000 of inhabitants. You endured the privations and dangers, incident to the early settlement of the country; have witnessed, and been a participator in its rapid growth in wealth and population-have risen through the several grades of military office, to a major general; been a general in the army of the United States during the late war-in civil life you have been from fifteen to twenty years in the two different branches of our state legislature, been speaker of each house respectively—have This brief notice of some of the incidents of your p lic life, which evince the estimation in which you a held by the enlightened citizens of Ohio, cannot be o wise than gratifying to yourself, and to your numero friends. The ninth edition of this work, published at the clo of the year 1829, was dedicated to Gen. Lafayette, wh (in answer to my letter accompanying a copy of t book,) said that its perusal had, in some measure, answe ed the object of a personal tour thro' this interesting sta This tenth edition of the Ohio Gazetteer is now dedic ted to you, by, Sir, your excellency's most obedient servant, Columbus, 1st Jan. 1831. PREFACE. THE state of Ohio is rapidly rising into importance, both in the estimation of the neighboring states of the west, and in the eyes of the eastern members of our North American Republic. Much solicitude has been evinced, and frequent enquiries made in the At-lantic states, concerning this state, respecting its extent, soil, climate, navigableness of its rivers, progress of its canals, the relative fertility, population, healthiness, and advantages and disadvantages of different districts and sections of the country. Considerable expenditures of time and money are consequently, frequently incured in personally exploring the country, by those interested here, or those contemplating a removal hither, when much of them might be avoided, and the acquisition of the desired information greatly facilitated, by having some concise and correct topographical sketches and local descriptions of the dif ferent places and most common objects of enquiry, at hand for immediate reference. Such a work too, if properly executed, would likewise be particularly beneficial to the people of this state generally, by enab ing them not only to gratify a laudable c riosity, but also duly to apreciate those n tural advantages and those acquired resou ces which they actually possess. In ever point of view, therefore, a portable compen of such sketches would prove useful, an constitute an object in which the publi are generally interested. No such publica tion concerning the state of Ohio has befor appeared. A work of such a nuture seem ed, therefore, an important desideratum. T obviate this want was one primary objed of the present publication. How far justic is done to the subject, others must determine But in forming a correct estimate of th merits of the present performance, even i some errors are discovered, it must be born in mind that the state is large, which cir cumstance renders procuring the requisit information tedious and difficult, and the internal changes and improvements are ra pid and multifarious; and even descriptious of towns, which in fact are correct one year, becomes far otherwise, the next; s that perfect accuracy cannot reasonably be expected; still, however, the following work may generally be pronounced correct. The sources from whence materials for lowing work were obtained: per |