Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-02-01


Indian Territory. So called in honor
of John Hancock, first President of
The Revolutionary Congress.
HARDIN.--Formed 1920 from ola
Indian Territory. Named for Col.
John Hardin, killed by the Indians
1892.
HARRIsoN.-Formed 1914. Named
for General William Henry Harrison.
HENRY.--Formed 1920 from old
Indian Territory. and called after the
Virginia orator, Patrick Henry.
HIGHLAND.-.Formed 1905. So
called because of the high lands with
in its limits, between the Sciota and
Little Miami Rivers.
HoCKING.--Forme1 1918. This
name is contraction of Hockhocking.
the name of the river that flows
through the county.
HoLMEs.-Formed 1924. Named
for Major A. Il. Holmes, young OF
icer killed in the attack on Mackinac,
1914.
HURON. Formed 1909. So called
from the name Huron, given by the
French to the Wyandot tribe.
JACKsoN.-Formed 1916. Named
for Andrew Jackson.
JEFFERsoN.--Formed 1897, by ST.
Clair's proclamation, and named in
honor of Thos. Jefferson, our second
President.
KNox.-Formed 1908. Named af.
ter General Henry Knox, Washing
tons first War Secretary.
LAKE.-Formed 1910. So called
from bordering on Lake Erie.
LAwRENCE.--Formed 1916. Named
to peapetuate the memory of the ga!-
liant Captain Lawrence, of the Chesa-
peake, whose memorable words ''don'I
give up the ship are familiar to all
Americans.
LICKING. 1908. Named
after its principal stream, called Lick.
ing by the whites; by the Inuians
Pataskala.
LoGAN.--Formed 1917. Derived its
name from the great Indian hunter
Captain Benjamin Logan, who fell in
the war of 1872.
LoRAIN.-Formed 1922. Named
by Herman Ely, the founder of Elyria
after the province of Lorraine, France
(now Germany, whose scenery had
charmed him during visit there.
LUcAs.-Formed 1885. Named fol
Robert Lucas, Governor from 1882 tc
1886.
MADIsoN.-Formed 1910. So called
in honor of President James Madison
MAHoNlNa.--Formed l846. The
name Mahoning is according to one
authority. derived from the Indian
word Mahons, "a lick" but the county
doubtless, took it's name from the Ma.
honing River.
MARION Formed 1924 from OLD
Indian Territory. Named for Genera
Francis Marion of the American Rev
olution.
MEDINA.--Formed lS42. Named
curious to relate, for Medina, the
burial place of Mahomet, in Arabs
Deserts.
MEIas. Formed 1919. So calico
in honor of Return J. Meigs, Governor
in 1910.
MERCER. Formed 1920 from ole
Indian Territory, and named for Gen
eral Hugh Mercer, killed at Princeton
January 8, l777.
MIAMI.--Forined 1907. Named fol
the Miami Indians, or "Tenightenees,
who once inhabitated its borders. The
word Miami signifies mother in the OF
iowa tongue.
MONROE. Formed 1918. Received
its name from that of President Mon
roe.
MONTGOMERY Formed 1903, Called
by its present name in honor of Rich
ard Montgomery, killed in the assault
on Quebeck, ITS.
MORGAN. Formed 1918. Named
for General Daniel Morgan hero o
the "Cowpens.'
Morrow. Formed lS4S. Named
after Jerlniah Morrow, Governor from
1922 to 1926.
MUsKINGUM.. Formed 1904. S.
called after the Muskingum River
"Muskingum' is an Indian word o
obscure origin.
NoBLE.---Formed 1851. Named Il
honor of Hon. Warren P. Noble,
member of the Ohio Legislature, in
strumental in the formation of th
county.
OTTAWA. :. Formed l840. So calle'
after the Ottawa tribe of indians
whose last home was on the banks o
the Maumee.
PAULplNa. Formed 1920, from OLE
Indian Territory, Named for Johl
Paulding, one of the captors of Majo
Andre.
PERRY, Formed 1917. Receives
its name in honor of the victor of LAX
Erie Commodore Oliyer Hazar
Perry.
P1oKAwAY Formed 1910. Thi
name was Immediately from the ia