Galion (Ohio)

Crawford County Morrow County Richland County

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Galion is a city in Crawford County, Morrow County and in Richland County in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a part of the Mansfield - Bucyrus area. The population was 11,341 in the census in 2000. Galion is the second largest city in Crawford County.

History

Settlers first came in 1817 in the territory of the present-day city Galion. This was due to an intersection of the north-south route from Portland (now Sandusky called ) on Lake Erie to Columbus and the east- west route, now take their place in part of the Lincoln Highway and the Harding Highway.

When the settlement was given a post office in 1824, was proposed by the postmaster, the name Galion than one from any other place names Ohio clearly distinguishable name. The original name, which was proposed for the municipality and filed with the Richland County, Greenburg would have been. It is not known whether the name Galion means something special, although various etymological derivations have been proposed.

The year in which Galion finally became an independent municipality, which is usually specified with 1831.

Galion was in 1841 the birthplace of Orville J. Nave, who in 1896 as chaplain of the United States Army the " Nave 's Topical Bible ," an interpretation of the Bible at that time commonly used brought out.

Galion was also the hometown of William Montgomery Brown, a bishop of the Episcopal Church, who in 1922 was tried and convicted of his own church of heresy. The case attracted worldwide attention, because since the days of Luther no longer Häretikerprozesse had been performed. The property of the bishop in Galion, Ella Brown Cottage called heard now the Galion Historical Society, which operates a museum in an annexe. Brown Ella Cottage has been added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP ) together with the Grace Episcopal Church in 1980 and are thus protected monument.