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| History |
Columbus, the largest city in Ohio, is the state
capital and the seat of Franklin County. It is located in central
Ohio on the Scioto River.
The first structures near the site of downtown Columbus were
earthen mounds constructed by Indian tribes known as Mound Builders.
Native Americans lived undisturbed in Central Ohio until the
1700s, when the first white explorers entered the Midwest. The
first permanent white settlement in the area was founded by
a surveyor from Kentucky, Lucas Sullivant, in 1797 and was named
Franklinton. The state capital was laid out nearby in 1812 and
named after Christopher Columbus. It became the capital in 1816.
Columbus was chartered as a city in 1834 and annexed Franklinton
in 1870. The city's growth was stimulated by the development
of transportation facilities—a feeder to the Ohio Canal
completed in 1832, the National Road in 1833, and the arrival
of the railroad in 1850.
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