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Subject: History of Knox County Pt 5
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 01:35:18 -0800
Historical Collections of Ohio
Henry Howe LL.D.
Knox County
Fredericktown, laid out in 1807 by John Kerr, is seven miles northwest
of Mount Vernon, on the B.&O. Railroad. Newspaper: Free Press,
independent, W.E. Edwards M.D., editor. Churches: one Presbyterian,
one Methodist, one Baptist. Bank: Daniel Struble. Industries are
creamery, bell-foundry, planing-mill, and sealing wax factory of
Cumming & Hosack, and carriage factory of Stephens & Hagerty.
Population in 1880, 850. School census 1888, 266; C.W. Durbin, school
superintendent. Capital invested in industrial establishments $56,200;
value of annual product, $67,600.--Ohio Labor Statistics 1888
Vernon River, on which it is situated, furnishes considerable water
power. On the middle branch of that stream, near the village, are
some ancient fortifications and mounds.
Centreburg is fourteen miles southwest of Mount Vernon, at the crossing
of the C.A.&C. and T.&O.C. Railroads. Newspaper: Gazette, independent,
E.N. Gunsaulus, editor. Churches: one Methodist Episcopal, one
Cumberland Presbyterian, one Christian, one Free-Will baptist. bank:
Centreburg (Daniel paul). It is an important point for the shipment of
grain, and here are the extensive tile-works of T.E. Landrum & Co.
Population 1880, 400. School census 1888, 185. Capital invested in
industrial establishments, $69,100; value of annual product,
$70,800.--Ohio Labor Statistics 1887
Martinsburg is eleven miles southeast of Mount Vernon. Churches; one
Presbyterian, one baptist, one Methodist, one Disciples. School
census 1888, 124.
Gambier is five miles east of Mount Vernon, on the C.A.&C. Railroad.
Population 1880, 576
Danville is fifteen miles northeast of Mount Vernon, on the C.A.&C.
Railroad. Newspaper: Knox County Independent, independent, W.M.
Kinsley editor and publisher. Bank: Danville (Wolf & Sons), Albert J.
Wolfe cashier. School census 1888, 210
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