Headnote

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, situated toward the westerly part of Ohio, and traversed by Mad river. Area, 450 square miles. Face of the country level, or gently undulating, with a soil exuberantly fertile. Seat of justice, Urbana. Pop. in 1820, 8,479; in 1830, 12,130; in 1840, 16,721; in 1850, 19,762. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Ohio

Champaign County, Ohio (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, situated toward the westerly part of Ohio, and traversed by Mad river. Area, 450 square miles. Face of the country level, or gently undulating, with a soil exuberantly fertile. Seat of justice, Urbana. Pop. in 1820, 8,479; in 1830, 12,130; in 1840, 16,721; in 1850, 19,762.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 73.
Name Type
Mechanicsburg, OH City or Town
Urbana, OH City or Town
Date Title
New York Herald, “The Late Abolition Revolutionary Proceedings in Ohio,” May 31, 1857
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