Paulding County, Ohio
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 Location in the U.S. state of Ohio |
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 Ohio's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | March 18, 1839 | |
| Named for | John Paulding | |
| Seat | Paulding | |
| Largest village | Paulding | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 419 sq mi (1,085 km2) | |
| • Land | 416 sq mi (1,077 km2) | |
| • Water | 2.4 sq mi (6 km2), 0.6% | |
| Population | ||
| • (2010) | 19,614 | |
| • Density | 47/sq mi (18/km²) | |
| Congressional district | 5th | |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 | |
| Website | www |
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Paulding County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,614. Its county seat is Paulding. The county was created in 1820 and later organized in 1839. It is named for John Paulding, one of the captors of Major John André in the American Revolutionary War.
The Ottawa tribe of Native Americans were the prevalent occupants of the region before Europeans arrived in North America following the 1492 expedition of Christopher Columbus. By 1750, however, there were Miamis, Prankaahaws, Delawares, Shawnee, Kickapoos, Muscounteres, Huron, Weas, Wyandotts and Mohawks [2].
Under the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the Continental Congress opened what is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin to settlement. However, the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolution in 1783 allowed the British to remain in the Northwest Territory until matters were resolved with the Indians. General Washington sent General "Mad" Anthony Wayne to subdue the native population. He built a series of forts, including Fort Brown, located between Charloe and Melrose. In order to defend against Indian ambush, he cut a swath of woods a mile wide, known as the Wayne Trace. His campaign culminated in a decisive 1794 victory by the Legion of the United States against Indians led by Chief Little Turtle of the nearby Maumee, Ohio in the Battle of Fallen Timbers, and signing of the Treaty of Greenville in 1795.[3]
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