Voorhes Town #31-10
N 39° 13.643 W 084° 26.306
16S E 721114 N 4345136
The Voorhes Town Historical Marker(In front of Advance Auto Parts)
Waymark Code: WMD5GA
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2011
Views: 9
Front Text : "Vorhees Town"
In 1794 Abraham Voorhees, a Revolutionary War veteran, brought his family from New Jersey to the Northwest Territory to settle on 640 acres of land, part of the Miami Purchase, for which he paid John Cleves Symmes "533 dollars 30/90ths" in United States Treasury Certificates. By 1798 the town was platted and lots were being sold. Official registration of the plat was completed in 1804, the town's name being changed to Reading at the suggestion of Henry Redinbo, who had moved his family to the area from Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1795.
Back Text : "Plan of the Town of Reading"
Plan of the Town of Reading [map of Reading]
Marker Number: 31-10
County: Hamilton
Significance of Location: Place
Bicentenial Mark: no
Website address: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
Additional Coordinate description: Not listed
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