Glenford, Ohio

Perry County

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Glenford is a town in Perry County, Ohio, United States. During the census in The population was 2000 198 inhabitants. Glenford lies on both sides of Jonathan Creek in Hopewell Township.

Although the village has it comprises only about 70 houses a long tradition as a transport hub and the transfer of goods. The place is home to the Glenford Elementary School, part of the Northern Local School District, and their class size of 336 exceeds the population of Glenford by far.

History

Glenford became the chief town of Hopewell townships, as in 1871, the Newark, Somerset and Straitsville Railroad was built and opened a station here. This allowed goods such as wheat and corn, but also the products of the quarries such as sandstone, limestone and silicate rock are transported for glass production to Newark or Shawnee.

Through the village later led two rail lines, the Zanesville and Western Railway and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ( B & O) with two adjacent station buildings.

Hopewell Culture

Quite near Glenford the remains of a Native American culture were found on a hill 500 AD in a large area between New York and Missouri and Wisconsin to Mississippi, but also along the period from 300 BC the coast of Lake Ontario in Canada existed. Your core area, however, is in the center of Ohio. The level of culture was by their locality, in Hopewell Township, the name Hopewell culture.

In addition to various grave mounds and earthworks particularly the investment in Glenford is significant, which is made entirely of stone. It covers an area of ​​about ten acres. The walls must have had a height of three meters originally. In the center of the plant a cairn of 30 meters in diameter and more than three meters is height. Nearby lies the Wilson Mound, another grave hills, and east of Glenford is of the Roberts Mound, eight feet high and 36 feet in diameter. South of Glenford a circle of 195 meters in circumference was found in which a giant bird is shown with outstretched wings.