Pemberville, Ohio
Wood County
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Pemberville is a village on the banks of the Portage River in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The place had in the census of 2000, a total of 1,365 inhabitants, more than 95% of whites. The per capita income was $ 20,248.
Geography
Pemberville is located on a bend of the Portage River in northeastern Ohio on State Route 105 The municipal area is 2.9 km ², the area of the settlement consists mainly of agricultural area used, with a few scattered patches of forest. The nearest major town is Toledo in the north ( 20 km distance), smaller surrounding towns Bowling Green in the West and in the East Fremont. Lake Erie in the north- east is about 40 km away. The nearest international transport connection is the Ohio Turnpike ( Interstate 80 /90) between Cleveland and Toledo in about 15 km distance.
In Pemberville to industrial companies and small businesses have settled, the economy is nevertheless still dominated by agriculture. The municipality has several schools, churches and a library.
History
The formerly densely wooded area, of Pemberville was originally inhabited by the Iroquois, Wyandotte and Ottawa. The nearby Portage River was an important waterway for the natives. The Indians were pushed back after the Battle of Fallen Timbers to the west, and the area around the southwestern tip of Lake Erie was gradually claimed by white settlers. However, the first white men in the area of Pemberville were not settlers, but soldiers in the British -American War camped General William Henry Harrison in 1813 in what is now William Henry Harrison Park about one kilometer south of Pemberville.
1854 saw the first land survey held in the territory of Pemberville. The first settlers in the surveyed area was Asahel Powers Harman, who settled there in 1833. In 1834 he was succeeded by Benjamin Waite, who built his cabin in the area of today's town. As early as next year, James Pember acquired the property Waites and two built there from other sawmills, and built another sawmill and a flour mill on the banks of the Portage River. At his behest, the local area was surveyed in 1854, and he built on the him appearing on the best site of the first house named after him the place. The official founding of the church Pemberville was on 20 December 1876.
In 1875 the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railroad was built, which passes close to the place, and in 1891 a nearby stretch of the Ohio Central Railway, which was to become the network of the New York Central Railroad later.
Twin Cities
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