Municipal Flag - Canal Winchester, OH
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member silverquill
N 39° 50.506 W 082° 48.351
17S E 345493 N 4411755
This municipal flag flies over the Municipal Building in the historic town of Canal Winchester, Ohio, established in 1828 along the new Ohio-Eirie Canal.
Waymark Code: WM6PW1
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Bernd das Brot Team
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Canal Winchester was founded in 1828 by Reuben Dove and John Colmen. When the Ohio & Erie canal came through Reuben Dove's wheat field, he wanted to sue the state. The canal workmen convinced him that he would be better off laying out a town since the area was midway between Columbus and Lancaster. On November 4, 1828, Reuben Dove and John Colman recorded the first plat for Winchester, Ohio, in Violet Township, Fairfield County. Dove named the village after his father's hometown of Winchester, Virginia.

Winchester flourished because of agriculture and transportation. The Ohio and Erie Canal brought passengers, freight and a means to transport grain to market. The first canal boat floated through Winchester in 1831. In 1869, the railroad came to Canal Winchester, bringing continued prosperity.

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