Iberia (Ohio)

Iberia is an unincorporated village ( unincorporated village) in western Washington Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The zip code, assigned by the United States Postal Service Iberia, is 43325th The population of Iberia was less than 200 in the census in 2000.

Geography

Iberia is located northwest of the county administrative seat Mount Gilead and near Galion and Martel. The village is located at the intersection of Ohio State Route 309 and the Morrow County Road 30, Iberia is also managed by the local Northmor school district.

History

Iberia was founded in 1827 and designed in 1832 by Frederick Meyers and Samuel Foster. Its name was suggested by Robert Rowland, when he visited relatives who lived in the area.

The largest population growth experienced Iberia at the beginning of the 20th century, when many farms were farmed in this area. For a short time in the 1920s, Iberia was connected to the Lincoln Highway from New York City to San Francisco, the track through the village but was later moved again.

Central Ohio College

In Iberia was once the home to Iberia College, an educational institution of the Presbyterian, which was renamed after the Civil War in Ohio Central College. The College then went to an independent company and was closed in the late 19th century. The tradition and the files of the Central Ohio colleges are now being continued by the Muskingum College.

The buildings were used after the closure of the College of a school for the blind, but these were destroyed by fire. When rest is just the chapel of the college obtained, which is now used as Iberia Presbyterian Church.

The first president of the College, Rev. George A. Gordon, was known because he hid runaway slaves. In Ohio, although slavery was prohibited, refugees from other countries should have been, however, returned after the Fugitive Slave Law to their owners. Gordon was convicted, but later pardoned by Abraham Lincoln. Iberia was then a stronghold of the so-called Underground Railroad, an escape route for runaway slaves along which they could in the homes of abolitionists, the opponents of slavery hide.

One of the most famous graduates of Central Ohio colleges was Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States.