Talk:Mount Gilead, Ohio

Pictures

This is a pretty little town I passed thru one fall day and took the pictures I posted here. It's too bad we don't have some more history and other information to fill it out. Anybody? --Tysto 18:26, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

The Village website at http://www.mountgilead.com has local history and a lot more —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.26.157.139 (talk) 01:35, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Names=

Someone trying to be funny by naming Bill & Loretta Curts in the demographics ?? --Multitask 22:50, 24 May 2007 (UTC)Multitask

History Expansion Proposal

I am a student at North Central State College. I am taking an American History course and have been assigned a project to expand upon this article's pre-1900 history. Final revisions must be made by 10/19/2013 to allow time for submission. Following, you will find a rough overview of my research, which I feel will add considerable value to limited historical content of the article. I welcome any comments or suggestions that will help me in my final submission. I am still seeking information on the existence of Underground Railroad stations in Gilead Township as well as local involvement in the Civil War. Thank you.

Early History

1824 - Mt. Gilead, then known as Whetstone laid out by Judge Jacob Young; First cabin built, containing post office

1832 - Name change from Whetstone to Mt. Gilead; Henry Ustick laid out 70 additional lots and north public square

1839 - First incorporated

1848 - Made county seat of newly formed Morrow County; first recorded Mayor, J.S. Christie; Talk of making Mt. Gilead a pass through on a railroad from Cleveland to Columbus, a measure that failed

1854, 1859, 1867, 1874 - Further town addition More Needed

1880 - Short Line Railroad travel

1892 - Mt. Gilead Women's Christian Temperance Union formed (No success until after 1900)

1893 - First electric plant providing electricity to town

Date Unknown - Two news outlets: Union Register, a Democratic source, and The Morrow County Sentinel, a Republican paper. Sentinel still in existence today;

Demographics

1850 - First census. Pop 646

1860 - Census Population 789

1870 - Census Population 1087

1880 - Census Population 1262

1890 - Still Needed

--Erinbundesen (talk) 18:47, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

New informatiton

I am a student researching some things on Mount Gilead, Ohio. I have found some very interesting stuff that I hope everyone can enjoy.

On www.mountgilead.net/mghistory.htm : - was settled in 1817 - used to be know as Whetsom and Youngstown - the name of the town changed to Mount GIlead in 1832 - became in corporated in 1839 - became part of Morrow County in 1848, when the county was formed, and the population was only 400

On www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Mount_Gilead_Ohio : - was named by the Ohio legislature, after a biblical town - was part of Marion county - locals played an active role in abolition movements and temperance due to religious beliefs in the 1830s-1850s - has part of the Underground Railroad - population in 1880 was 1216; population grew slowly - got two newspaper offices, four churches, and two banks in 1886

On www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Dawn_Powell : - born in Mount Gilead in 1896 - her early writting centered here - wrote 15 books, 10 plays, and dozens of short stories

Historical Collections of Ohio:An Encyclopedia of the State Volume 2: - two newpapers were "Morrow County Sentineal" and "Union Register" - was laid out by Jacob Young September 30, 1824 under Whetsom - rich farm land - manufactured stone tile works - 1850 population was 646 - anti-slavery constitution was signed by 14 men and 9 women in 1840; a mob threw rotten eggs and broke up meeting at Presbyterian Church - Underground Railroad spots in Peru and Washington townships - there is a story about two blacks who were escaping slavery and town residents tried to help save them but one was returned to slavery

History of Morrow County and Ohio - incorporated by Act of Legislature passed Feburary 16, 1839 - Census is 1850-646, 1860-789, 1870-1087, 1880-1262 - first mayor was Samuel Bushfield - first recorder was SJ Cromer - first counsilmen was John H. Young, James M. Talmadge, and more - this particular article read "The records, however, are too imperfect to try to trace out the names of different officers down to the present time." The present time when this was wrote was the 1800s, and this also helps show there is a lot of history to this town to still be discovered. - town was cut from railroads till the Shortline was built; forced a dependence on mercantile trading - one of the largest manufacturers was woolen mills that was a cost of 25000 dollars in 1866 - some mills and other places that helped growth of the town but burnt down was:

  woolen and flax mill on 04/05/1872 and was a loss of 17000
  planing and saw mill/ sash factory on 09/1870 was a loss of 5000
  grist mill in fall of 1862

- flax mill was added to the woolen mill by James Meeker in 1870 - frequent fires led to organization of fire company on 06/16/1870 - first bank was established in 1854 by James Purdy - library was established but "never amounted to much" -School facts:

 first teacher was Mrs. Mary Shedd in 1831
 amount paid was 1610.63 a year
 schoolhouse value was 35000
 had one male teacher and five female teachers
 primary wage was 36 dollars and high was 100 dollars
 271 students total in primary to high school but daily attendance was 225

The History of Morrow County - hospital opened in 1952 which was three years after voters approved 550,000 dollar bond - first baby born was Kathy Sue on Feb 12 51 minutes after the hospital opened - 71 opened in 1950s taking most traffic - on October 16, 1941 Florence Pottery burned and left 1/2 the women jobless but 150 people total - restricted exploration and drilling of crude oil to parcels of land greater then 10 acres was put into effect March 10, 1964

There is still more information to be found! Hope you enjoyed this information as much as I did!

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