State/Province
Connecticut Western Reserve (now in Ohio)
Country
United States

Connecticut Western Reserve

Summary

Also known as New Connecticut or Connecticut Reserve. Approximately three million acres in northeastern part of present-day Ohio. Claimed as part of Connecticut, 1786. Connecticut granted jurisdiction of reserve to U.S. government, 1800. Population in 1820 about 57,000. In 1829, included eight counties: Huron, Lorain, Medina, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Trumbull, and Ashtabula. Many Saints gathered in region, 1830s. JS lived within reserve’s boundaries, 1831–1838, in Kirtland and Hiram, Ohio.

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