Holgate (Ohio)

Henry County

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Holgate is a village in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio in Henry County and is located about 47 miles south west of the nearest city of Toledo. At the 2000 census, the village took 1,194 inhabitants.

History

Before 1866, there was Holgate and the surroundings of the village only from bogs and largely untouched by human hands flora and fauna, located in the Black Swamp. In 1873 the whole area was finally freed from the swamps and made ​​cultivable. At this time, an association of individual properties, which was called Holgate and was surrounded by a hardwood forest was created.

Education

The Holgate Local Schools district ( engl. Local School District Holgate ) includes the following academic institutions:

All facilities are located together in the 2009 newly built school complex. The building includes all classes, as well as laboratories, two gymnasiums, a cafeteria, an auditorium, a choir room and a library. Furthermore, houses the school grounds an american football, a baseball and a softball stadium.

School sports

As in most other American schools, sport plays an important role in the Holgate High School. In shades of purple & gold contact the Holgate Tigers annually against other school teams of Henry County in sports such as baseball, basketball, football, softball, cheerleading, etc.. The school mascot is a tiger.

Attractions

• Lanzer 's Independence Hall - The Freeman, Harold Lancer, built on his land, a few miles away from the village center, known in the United States Independence Hall to a smaller scale. The building stands in the original in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Sons & daughters of the village

• Joe E. Brown (1891-1973), actor and comedian