Pandora (Ohio)

Putnam County

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Pandora is a village in Putnam County, Ohio, United States. At the 2000 census, the town had 1,188 inhabitants.

Geography

Pandora is located in the fertile plain of the former Great Black Swamp in Northwest Ohio, 84.3 miles (135 km) southwest of Lake Erie. Through the town flows the Riley Creek.

Neighboring towns of Pandora are the County Capital Ottawa and Gilboa in the north and Columbus Grove and Bluffton in the south. In Bluffton, the place has connection to the Interstate 75, just a few kilometers to the south of U.S. Highway 30 runs

History

Putnam County was settled from the 1830s, mainly from the Swiss Mennonites. The nucleus of Pandora was a flour mill built in 1835 John Stout on the banks of Riley Creek. The place was first called Columbia, later Pendleton and 1883 Pandora. 1959, the village had 717 inhabitants, in 2000 the population had grown to 1188.

In Pandora and environment currently live about 750 Mennonites who belong mostly to the General Conference Mennonite Church. Half of the members of the community lives in the town itself

Economy and infrastructure

The main source of income of the residents of Putnam County is agriculture. Are produced meat, cereals, tomatoes, potatoes, soybeans and sugar beets. In Pandora also several commercial businesses are located, primarily covering the local needs. Locally there with the Pandora Gilboa Local School a high school and four churches.

Attractions

South of the town is the site of the Swiss Settlement of Bluffton - Pandora. The building of the first settlers are partly restored and furnished as a museum. The Bluffton College has published historical photographs that document the daily life of farmers in the 19th century.

Literature and links

  • Delbert Gratz et. al.: The Swiss Settlement of Bluffton - Pandora, Ohio. Mennonite Life, December 1988 (pdf, 18.30 MB).
  • Www.gameo.org - Global Anabaptist Mennonite entry in the Encyclopedia Online
  • Location in Ohio
  • Place in North America
  • Putnam County ( Ohio)
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