Lorain County Resources |
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Facts & Figures |
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County Seat: |
Elyria |
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Established: |
1822 (December 22) |
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Parent County: |
Huron, Cuyahoga, Medina. |
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Area: |
495 square miles |
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Named For: |
Named for the French Province of Lorraine at the request of Heman Ely, founder of the city of Elyria. |
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Location: |
Central Northern Ohio, bordered on north by Lake Erie. |
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Topography: |
Flat to slightly sloping plain, parallel with the lake shore are three sand ridges, which vary from 40 to 150 rods in width; they are respectively about 3,7, and 9 miles from the lake, and are fertile. |
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Major Cities, Villages |
Amherst, Avon, Avon Lake, Elyria, Grafton, Kipton, Lagrange, Lorain, North Ridgeville, Oberlin, Rochester, Sheffield, Sheffield Lake, South Amherst, Vermilion, Wellington. |
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Population: |
1830 :5,696,1850:26,086, 1900:54,857, 1990:271,100 |
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People of Note: |
Archibald M. Willard ("Spirit of '76 Painter), Harry B. Warner (Warner Brothers Film Producer), Keefe Brasselle (Actor), Myron Herrick (42nd Ohio Governor), Toni Morrison (Pulitzer Prize Author). |
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Historical Notes: |
The first actual settlement in Lorain county was made by the Moravian missionaries who came from Detroit in 1786, with the design of going to their old home on the Tuscarawas, the scene of the massacre of 1782. They had reached a point on the Cuyahoga, as far as Independence township, known as "Pilgrim's Rest," when they received such information that they were fearful of proceeding farther inland. After remaining about a year, they journeyed westward until they arrived at the mouth of Black river, where they designed to make a permanent settlement. A Few days only elapsed, when a chief of the Delawares sent them a message warning them to depart. They then settled on the Huron river, two miles north of Milan, remained five or six years, were persecuted and driven away, and found a permanent asylum on the river Thames, in Canada. |
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Historical Society |
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Lorain County Historical Society |
509 Washington Avenue, Elyria, Ohio 44035-5128 |
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Ohio Historical and Improvement Organization (O.H.I.O.) |
73-1/2 South Professor Street, PO Box 0455, Oberlin, Ohio 44074 Website: http://www.oberlin.edu/~EOG/OHIO/O.H.I.O.tour.html |
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Genealogical Society |
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Lorain County Genealogical Society |
PO Box 865, Elyria, Ohio 44036-0865 |
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Convention & Visitor's Bureau |
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Lorain County Visitors Bureau |
611 Broadway, Lorain, Ohio 44052-1803 |
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County Courthouse |
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Lorain County Courthouse |
308 2nd Street, Elyria, Ohio 44035 |
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County Engineer |
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Lorain County Engineer |
247 Hadaway Street, Elyria, Ohio 44035 |
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County Recorder's Office |
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Lorain County Recorder |
Lorain County Administration Building, 226 Middle Avenue, Elyria, Ohio 44035 Website: www.loraincounty.com/recorder/documents.html |
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County Library |
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Lorain Public Library |
351 6th Street, Lorain, Ohio 44052 Website: lorain.lib.oh.us/ |
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Elyria Public Library |
320 Washington Avenue, Elyria, Ohio 44035 Website: |
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Oberlin Public Library |
65 South Main, Oberlin, Ohio 44074 |
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Other Resources |
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Lorain County Politicians |
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Lorain County Community College |
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Oberlin College |
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Surrounding Counties |
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