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The Village of Norwood was less than a year old when it decided to extend its borders beyond Section 34 of Columbia Township. The plan was to annex that remainder of the land within the Sharpsburg School District not already within the Village. The following is a record of the Council's Ordinance No. 26 as copied in Hamilton County Deed Book 803, page 352. |
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"Annexation" (Ordinance No. 26.)
An Ordinance to provide for the annexing contiguous territory to the Village of Norwood not embraced in said Village.Sharpsburg School District To The Village of Norwood, Ohio, Ordinance No. 26, "Annexation" Whereas, in the opinion of the Village Council of Norwood, it is advisable that all that part of the Sharpsburg School District, in the County of Hamilton, State of Ohio, not now embraced within the Village Limits, should be incorporated therein, and annexed thereto for municipal purposes. Therefore in order to accomplish such annexation in manner provided and prescribed by law, Section 1. Be it ordained by the Village Council of the Village of Norwood, that all that part of the Sharpsburg School District in the County of Hamilton, State of Ohio, not now embraced within the Village of Norwood, in the County of Hamilton aforesaid be incorporated and annexed to the said Village of Norwood, and that after such annexation and incorporation to be a part and parcel of said Village. Section 2. That John Weyer, Aaron McNeill and Gustav Schmidt are hereby appointed agents to present to the County Commissioners of Hamilton County, Ohio, a petition praying for the annexation of said territory above named, in manner and form as is prescribed by law. Passed Feb'y, 18th 1889. Attess:
E. G. Bolles,  (Signed) John Weyer.Mayor. ClerkI do certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly published by posting copies thereof at five of the most public places of the corporation, as follows, viz:- 1 at C. W. & B. Ry. Station Norwood, Ohio, 1 at C. W. & B. Ry. Station East Norwood, Ohio, 1 at C. W. & B. Ry. Station South Norwood, Ohio, 1 at the Post Office, Norwood, Ohio 1 at C. L. & N. Ry. Station Hopkins Ave., Norwood, Ohio Feb 20,1889. E. G. Bolles Clerk of the Village of NorwoodI hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Ordinance passed Feb. 18th 1889. E. G. Bolles, ClerkI, W. E. Wichgar, Clerk of the Village of Norwood, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of the original. W. E. Wichgar, Clerk of the Village of Norwood, O |
Some Notes
The description was considered to vague by the County Commissioners, so a detailed layout of the new boundary lines was made. The Commissioners were satisfied and Norwood took its first growth step.
Since the Village did not have a newspaper at the time, the notice of the proposed annexation was placed in five public locations. Four were railroad depots at the following locations: Norwood — Foraker Avenue at the end of Station Avenue; East Norwood — at Harris and Pine; South Norwood — at Lafayette and Smith, and Hopkins Avenue — at today's Ashland and Lafayette. |