SEMI TRUCK ACCIDENT LAWYERS LANCASTER OHIO

Incorporation Story:

Colonel Ebenezer Zane of Wheeling founded Lancaster, Ohio on November 10, 1800. Zane was a famous merchant, trailblazer, pioneer and soldier. COL. Zane also was one of the founding members of Zanesville, Ohio, as well as the National Road 40. Following the defeat of the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794, and the Treaty of Greenville in 1796, settlement within the interior of Ohio became fairly safe from the Indians, and for the first time, legal. Zane, knowing that the interior of Ohio would rapidly expand, wanted to capitalize on this. In 1795, Zane petitioned to Congress the allotment of granting him 3 square miles at the crossing of the Muskingum River, Zanesville, the Hockhocking River, Lancaster, and the Scioto River, Chillicothe. While looking over a track of land on top of Standing Stone, which is now Mt. Pleasant, Zane had located his second location that he was wanting, Lancaster.

The name was originally New Lancaster, as many of the settlers were from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and were wanting to give homage to their original settlement. Majority of the early settlers were of German ancestry including the man from whom the request came, Emanuel Carpenter.

Fairfield County, in which Lancaster is located, was the 8th overall county to be formed in the Northwest Territories. The county was proclaimed by Governor Aruthur St. Clair on December 9, 1800. This location was both the County Seat and the Seat of Justice 3 years before Ohio was formorally made a state. The county then also was quite different, encompassing Delaware, Knox and Licking, and taking large portions of Franklin, Perry, Pickaway and Hocking Counties, consisting of a rough 2,618 square miles. A difference of 2,109 square miles today.

What is Lancaster known for?

Lancaster is home to one of the more controversial Generals of the Civil War, William Tecumseh Sherman. Sherman is most noted as his march on Atlanta, Savannah, and Colombia. May 1864, Sherman set out for the center of the Confederate industry, Atlanta. Here he fought both Confederate Generals Joseph E. Johnston and John B. Hood. Hood was forced to abdicate the city which gave Sherman Atlanta in early September.

Sherman is considered to be controversial due to the records of him burning the city to the ground, though there are arguments among historians saying that retreating Confederate troops did most if not all the destruction. Even though Sheram had a fondness of the South and the people who lived there, he was wanting an end to the war. His strategy was “total war”, bringing devastation to and complete destruction to both military and civilians. Sherman hated fighting, though realized its necessity. He famously said, “ War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.”

The Fairfield County Fair was first held in the second week of October in 1851. Since then, it has always been the last county fair in Ohio to be held. The fairgrounds hold several refurbished old buildings. Some are: The old Carroll, Ohio, Hocking Valley- C & O Depot – 1871-1966, The Pioneer Cabin – 1803, and most notably The Round Cattle Barn – 1906. Designed and built by J.E. Hedges. Walking through the fairgrounds is like walking through a time capsule. There are a multitude of buildings, barns, and grandstands that have stood the test of time.

• Zip codes covering Lancaster: 43130
• County: Frairfield County
• Incorporation Year: 1800