Norwalk (Ohio)
Huron County
39-57302
Norwalk is an American small town in the north of the state of Ohio. It lies about midway between Cleveland and Toledo, on Lake Erie it 's twenty minutes by car. Norwalk has around 16,000 inhabitants. Official Coat is the maple leaf ( " Maple" ).
History
Norwalk, Ohio is named after the town in Connecticut, which was destroyed on 11 July 1779 by the British up to six houses. As compensation country (so-called "Fire Lands" ) was passed in the north of Ohio in October 1800, it was the acquisition of land by citizens from settlements in Connecticut. Initially, this settlement was slow until the mid-19th century. 1881, the minimum number of citizens had been reached and, therefore, Norwalk was equipped with the city charter.
Specificity (medicine)
Fame the city in 1968 by a massive outbreak of an infectious gastroenteritis with a then-unknown pathogens. This could be characterized and identified in 1972. It was named after the site of the primary isolation " Norwalk virus " and classified as a prototype of a distinct group within the family Caliciviridae; In 2002, the genus Norovirus in has been renamed.
Famous sons and daughters of the community
- Paul Brown (1908-1991), American football coach
- Bud Spangler (1938-2014), jazz drummer and music producer
- Location in Ohio
- Place in North America
- Huron County ( Ohio)
- County Seat in Ohio