Circleville (Ohio)

Pickaway County

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Circleville is a town on the Scioto River in Pickaway County in the U.S. state of Ohio, about 20 km south of Columbus. Circleville has about 13,500 inhabitants (as of 2000 census ) and is the seat of the administration of Pickaway County.

In Circleville there are a number of listed buildings ( from the time of settlement of Ohio by whites ) and archaeological monuments ( from the Hopewell culture) that were listed on the National Register of Historic Places ( NRHP).

History

As Circleville was founded in 1810, were located at the site several prehistoric remains from the Hopewell culture, including a square and a circular rampart. The circular rampart surrounded by two concentric earthen walls, each about 6 m high. Between the walls, a deep ditch was located. Place a square of the rampart was enclosed to another wall of 3 m in height surrounded. Eight breakthroughs in this innermost wall leading to the square.

Although the prehistoric plant 1810 was only partially preserved, it served as the floor plan of the city: it has been applied to a circular public square. In the center stands the courthouse was built with an octagonal floor plan. Two roads formed concentric circles with the place as center of the circle. From the square led four roads like spokes away from the center of the city. The court house was destroyed by a fire in 1841. 1846, the circular layout of the city was rejected by the citizens, and replaced by a conventional grid pattern. Today only a few buildings are still standing, the floor plan includes circle segments. The city's name (Circle = Circle ) is derived from that for the United States rather unusual shape of the original city plan.

One of the founding fathers of the city was a George W. Hitler (1845 -? ), Whose ancestors migrated in the mid-18th century in the United States. From a relationship with Adolf Hitler is not known. The descendants of George W. Hitler formed an important family at the place. After the family of three roads ( No Hitler. 1 Road, No. Hitler. 2 Road and Huber- Hitler Road) and a cemetery ( Hitler -Ludwig Cemetery ) were named, the still hot so.

Personalities

• Caleb Atwater (1778-1867), lawyer and archaeologist, member of the House of Representatives from Ohio. Described as one of the first settlement traces from the Hopewell and Adena culture in the Ohio Valley.
• John Cradlebaugh (1819-1872), first deputy for the Nevada Territory in the U.S. Congress.
• Ted Lewis (1890-1971), jazz musician, bandleader and entertainer
• Jack Sensenbrenner (1902-1991), mayor of Columbus ( OH) of 1954-60 and 1964-72 from.
• Conchata Ferrell ( born 1943 ), film actress. ( Grew up in Circleville. )
• Kohl Sudduth ( born 1974 ), film actor ( grew up in Circleville. )
• Lee Moore (1914-1997), country musician