Lordstown, Ohio

Trumbull County

39-44912

Lordstown is a village in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,663 at the 2000 census.

History

Lordstown emerged from the Lordstown Township, which had been purchased by the settlers Samuel P. Lord of the Connecticut Western Reserve. Samuel P. Lord gave it to his son later. The first log cabin was built here in 1829 by Henry Thorne, Isaac Bailey settled at one point of the township, which is still called Bailey 's Corner. The first settlers bought small plots of land and had modest huts, but with time it could not afford the farmers to buy land. Thus, the farms were larger, but the population remained the same.

Lordstown is the youngest municipality in Trumbull County. It was founded in 1975. The township government was subsequently dissolved. The congregation grew steadily, after a car factory of General Motors and other metal- processing companies had settled.

Tornado

On 31 May 1985, a tornado destroyed several buildings in Lordstown. The hurricane had the strength F5 on the Fujita scale, which means a speed of 400 to 500 km / h He came from the west, from Newton Falls to Lordstown and then moved to Niles and Hubbard on, swept across the south of Masury and caused the greatest damage in the neighboring Wheatland, Pennsylvania, where numerous factories were destroyed. After the tornado had destroyed two churches in Newton Falls, he came to the northern edge of Lordstown, where in the West Leavitt Road woman was killed. Ten houses were destroyed in the area of the layer, Palmyra, Tait and Highland Road.