Ohio History Journal

PLACE-NAMES IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO

 

BY W. EDSON RICHMOND

 

Introduction

For at least three centuries it has been manifestly impossible

for any one man to "take all knowledge as his province." The

specialization brought about by the widening strain of human

knowledge is most easily seen in the fields of modern science.

Especially among the younger and smaller sciences, there is no

self-sufficiency, however, and each finds it necessary to rely upon

its sisters. So it is that place-name study, a comparatively young

field closely related to the science of linguistics, trespasses con-

tinually on the fields of the historian, the archaeologist, the geogra-

pher and sometimes even takes material from    botanists and

geologists. For, ever since Isaac Taylor published Words and

Places in 1864, the guessing about place-names which has gone

on from time immemorial has been losing face, and scepticism,

the hand maid of science, has made place-name study a true science.

Popular etymology, the ex post facto explanation of the

origin of words, has ever been the bane of the linguistic scientist.

Only by placing a strong reliance upon the findings of his brother

scientists and upon his own eyesight has the student of place-names

been able to overcome the dangers inherent in the popular explana-

tions of place-names.

The techniques developed for the study of place-names have

reached their culmination to date in the Survey of English Place-

Names conducted by the English Place-Name Society and the

Survey of Missouri Place-Names conducted by the University of

Missouri. The curious may turn to the Introduction to the Survey

of English Place-Names (1925) by Mawer and Stenton for an

explanation of the English methods, and to the Introduction to a

Survey of Missouri Place-Names published in the University of

Missouri Studies in 1933 or to Progress in the Survey of Mis-

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souri Place-NaMes (Proceedings of the Missouri Academy of

Science, VII, October 25, 1941) by Professor Robert L. Ramsay

for a full explanation of the Missouri techniques.

Although the student of American place-names cannot afford

to ignore the modus operandi of the English Place-Name Society,

certain basic linguistic differences make the University of Mis-

souri techniques more applicable to the study of American place-

names. This technique insists upon a five-fold classification of

names:   (I) Borrowed Names; (2) Historical Names; (3) Per-

sonal Names; (4) Topographical Names; and          (3) Subjective

Names. For the purposes of this brief study it has been found

most convenient to modify this classification and to develop in

its stead a classification of fourfold nature:  (I) Indian Names;

(2) Personal Names; (3) Borrowed Names; and (4) Subjective

Names.

Indian Names

Surprisingly enough, it is not the now exotic Indian names

that offer the greatest stumbling blocks to the student, but the

rather more prosaic personal names. The problems that cluster

around Indian nomenclature are those of orthographic corruption

and inadequate survival of vocabulary--particularly insofar as the

Delaware, Mingo and Wyandot languages are concerned--ratler

than of the popular etymology which so often obscures personal

names.

The State of Ohio, of which the name itself is Indian in

origin,¹ is overrun with Indian terminology. Franklin County,

however, preserves but five names of Indian origin.     Only three

of these are still Indian in form: Gahanna, which was once the

name of Big Walnut Creek as well as of the present village;

Olentangy: and Scioto. The names Indian in origin but no longer

 

1 William E. Connely, "Origin of the Indian Names of Certain States and Rivers,"

Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly, XXIX (1920), 451-4. "The word Ohio

means great--not beautiful. It is an Iroquoian word. In Wyandot it is O-he-'zhu.

In the Mohawk and Cayuga it is O-he-'yo. In the Oneida it is O-he'. In the Seneca

the same as the Wvandot. The Wyandots called the river O-he-'zhu, the Great River.

All the Iroquois called it the Great River . . . the State of Ohio got its name from

the Ohio River."

Early maps of this country, particularly the French maps, called the Ohio River

La Belle. It is probable that the popular etymology "beautiful"' arose from this.

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Indian in form are: Darby Creek (and Little Darby Creek); and

Alum   Creek. It is notable that these are all stream names.

Bodies of water, whether they are rivers forming convenient

means of transportation or merely ponds and creeks valuable as

watering places, receive their names early in the history of all

countries. Because of their importance as landmarks their termi-

nology tends to remain static. On a map published in 1755, John

Mitchell records all of the streams in Franklin County, and names

two of them: the Scioto River, for which he gives the alternate

name Chianotho, and Alum      Creek, which he names Salt Creek.²

Twenty years later Lewis Evans published a map which also indi-

cated all of the streams in Franklin County, but he, too, named

only the Scioto River and Alum Creek. Evans used the spelling

Sioto for the river, and called Alum Creek Salt Springs.³ The

maps subsequent to these, however, were more explicit.           John

Mansfield published a map in 1806 on which may be found: Allum

Creek (the first recorded instance of that name), Derby Creek,

Little Derby Creek, Whetstone River (now the Olentangy), Scioto

River, Walnut Creek, and Big Belly's Creek (now Big Walnut

Creek).4 In 1815, John Melish records the following streams:

Alum  Creek, Darby's Creek, Whetstone Creek, Scioto River,

Walnut Creek, and Big Belly Creek.⁵ John Kilbourne, on his map

of 1822, is the first to record Big Walnut Creek as such; in other

instances his map corresponds to that of Melish.⁶ Big Walnut

Creek has been graced with numerous names. It was originally

given the name of an Indian, Big Belly, well known to the country

around Columbus;7 previous to that time it seems to have been

 

2 A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America, with the Roads,

Distances, Limits, and Extent of the Settlements, Humbly Inscribed to the Right

Honourable The Earl of Halifax, etc., . . . by Their Lordships Most Obliged and

Very Humble Servant, John Mitchell (London, Jeffreys and Jaden, 1755).

3 A General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America, by Lewis Evans . . .

engraved by James Turner (Philadelphia, 1775).

4 John F. Mansfield, Map of the State of Ohio (Philadelphia, 1806).

5 John Melish, A Map of the State of Ohio: from Actual Surveys by B. Hough and

A. Bourne (Philadelphia, engraved by H. S. Tanner, published by B. Hough and A.

Bourne and John Melish).

6 John Kilbourne, Map of Ohio (Columbus, 1822).

History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties, Ohio (Columbus, 1880), 473. Al-

though this county history makes such a statement, it bears the earmarks of a popular

etymology. Shadowy personal names offer tantalizing bait to the best of scholars.

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known as Big Lick Creek;⁸ at a later date it was called Gahannah

River; and finally it acquired the name of Big Walnut Creek from

the once plentiful walnut groves through which it meandered.

Early in the nineteenth century some little interest was evinced

by the Ohio State legislature in the restoration of Indian names

to streams. In February, 1833, an act was passed by which the

name Gahannah was restored to Big Walnut Creek, and Olentangy

was restored to what was then known as the Whetstone River.

Gahannah, now spelled Gahanna (possibly because the present resi-

dents confuse it with the Biblical Gehenna,) is an Indian word

signifying "three united in one."9    It was originally applied only

to the section of Big Walnut Creek which lies south of the junction

of Alum, Blacklick and Walnut Creeks. The name soon died out,

lasting only long enough to attach itself to the village now called

Gahanna. The name Whetstone, applied by the early settlers to

the Olentangy, is much easier to explain than the Indian name.

Very early in the settlement of the district it was found that the

rock formation along the banks of the Olentangy was adaptable

for use as whetstones. The original Indian name of this stream

was Olentangy, probably       from   the Wyandot word  olentanga

which means "river of rest." The original village of Olentangy

received its name from    the stream   on which it is located. Later

the site became an amusement park by the same name and now

a modern apartment development has replaced the park.

The Scioto River, forming as it did a convenient highway

from this district to the Ohio River, was of extreme importance

both to the settlers and the Indians. It is mentioned in the early

land grants of the section, and it is recorded on nearly all of the

early maps. There is very little doubt that the name is connected

8 William T. Martin, History of Franklin County: A Collection of Reminiscences

of the Early Settlement of the County; with Biographical Sketches (Columbus, 1858),

119-20. "I learned the Delaware language well, and can speak it now about as well as

English. I will give the Delaware names of a few streams. Sepung is properly what

we call a stream, there being no distinction between runs, creeks, and rivers as with us.

They call the Ohio Whingwy Sepung or Big Stream  . . . Seckle Sepung, or Saltlick

Creek, what is now called Alum Creek. Whingwy Mahoni Sepung, or Big Lick Creek,

is what we call Big Walnut Creek. The Scioto is so called, but it is not a Delaware

name, and I do not know its meaning."

This was taken by Martin from a narrative published in the American Pioneer in

1842 concerning the captivity of John Brickell, one of the first settlers of Franklin

County.

9 Warren Jenkins, The Ohio Gazetteer and Traveler's Guide (Columbus, rev. ed.,

1839), 195. See also William Martin, History of Franklin County, 53.

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with a Wyandot word meaning "deer."¹⁰ Most of the early

accounts of this section mention the abundance of deer, often

telling of the slaughtering of a dozen in one night.

The two names in the county Indian in origin but no longer

Indian in form are Darby Creek (and Little Darby Creek) and

Alum   Creek.    The Darby Creeks received their names by contact

with Indians,11 although the Indian in question called Darby must

have borrowed his name from        the invading whites.     Alum   Creek

was known to the Indians variously as Salt Creek, Salt Lick and

Salt Springs.    Alum   may either be an amateurish translation of

the same, or it may refer directly to the brackish taste of the water.

 

 

Personal Names

Probably the most usual manner of naming a place is to refer

to it by the name of a man or a family who resides in the district.

Usually, the writer has found, such a name refers originally only

to a man's residence or farm, then by extension to the streams

that cross his land, and eventually to the surrounding country-

side.  The problem     of place-names derived from      personal names

is not nearly so complex in this country as it is in England. The

antiquity of English names and the language changes subsequent

to naming has created complex problems in that country which

trouble us but little in the United States.

There are three common types of change in the evolution of

place-names originating in personal names: (a) the elision of

an apostrophe before an s and the complete elision of the posses-

sive s; (b) the prefixing of certain words, such as canal, to dis-

tinguish the town from other towns of the same name within a

 

10 Maria Martin, "Origin of Ohio Place Names," Ohio Archaeological and Historical

Quarterly, XIV (1905), 276. See also Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Ohio

(Columbus, 1889), II, 604. "Scioto was named by the Wyandott who formerly re-

sided by it. A large town was at Columbus, having their cornfields on the bottom

grounds opposite that city. The Wyandotts pronounced the word Scionto, signification

unknown." See also Henry Gannett, The Origin of Certain Place-Names in the United

States (Washington, 1905), 277. "Sciota . . . river and County in Ohio. Derived

from the Indian word seeyotah meaning 'great legs' and applied to the river on

account of its numerous leggs and branches." See also Charles Hanna, The Wilderness

Trail (New York, 1911), II, 118. "Scioto . . . is probably a Wyandot word for

'deer,' being shortened from Wyandot (Huron) Oughscanoto; compare Mohawk

Scaenoto, Onandaga Scaenoto. The Hurons are said to pronounce Scioto as Scionto."

11 Maria Martin. "Origin of Ohio Place Names," 276. "The two Darby Creeks

were named for an Indian as well as the plains watered by them."

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state; and (c) the suffixing of such regular basic words as -ton,

-burg, -bourn, and -ville.

A  large number of towns in Franklin County, now desig-

nated by a personal name, were once designated by a personal

name plus the word "station" or "corners," both of which are

self-explanatory. Thus Hilliard was first known as Hilliard's, then

Hilliard's Station (1872) and finally Hilliard. Borror Corners

underwent much the same development, being first Borror's

(1872), then Borror's Corners (1883), and finally the's was

elided, leaving the name in its present form. In many cases

throughout the United States the 's was dropped at the instance of

the Geographic Board in the interest of simplification.          Other

towns in Franklin County with such names are Havens Corners,

Headley's Corners, Taylor, once Taylor's Station, and Smiley's

Corners.

There are fourteen place-names in Franklin County derived

from personal names plus such basic suffixes as -ton, -dale, -ville,

-port, -burg, and -bourn.¹²  Three of these places, Lockbourne,

Groveport and Westerville, offer interesting problems.

The first element in the name Lockbourne is unquestionably

derived from    the original name of the village, "Eight Locks";

the last element is of doubtful origin.         The county    histories

suggest that the -bourne is derived from the name of Colonel

James Kilbourne, the founder of the village.13 The presence of

the basic suffix -bourn in the language, however, suggests that

some one ignorant of the suffix and anxious to explain the name

noted the similarity to Kilbourne, added an -e, and produced the

above explanation.

Groveport offers less of a problem. In 1843 Jacob B. Wert

laid out what became the western part of Groveport and called it

Wert's Grove because of the fine grove of walnut trees that

 

12 Briggsdale, Franklinton, Georgesville, Groveport, Harrisburg, Lockbourne, Mifflin-

ville, Reynoldsburg, New Georgesville, Shadeville, Steelton, Westerville and Wrights-

ville.

13 William Martin, History of Franklin County, 198. "In the fall of 1831 the

town of Lockbourne was laid out by Colonel James Kilbourne."  See also Jenkins,

The Ohio Gazetteer and Traveler's Guide, 267. See also Williams, History of Franklin

and Pickaway Counties, Ohio, 396: "Lockbourne was laid out in the fall of 1831 by

Colonel Kilbourne . . . the first syllable of the name of the village is derived from

the circumstance of a number of locks in the canal at that point-to which the

proprietor added the last syllable of his name."

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shaded the site. In the following year a Mr. Rarey plotted what

is now the eastern part of Groveport around his post way-station

and called it Rarey's Port. Posterity was not to deal kindly with

these two men, however. In 1846 the two independent communi-

ties were incorporated as one. The citizens, not wishing to slight

(or praise) either one of the founders, decided upon a name com-

pounded of the less personal elements in each village name.¹⁴

In the year 1829 Matthew Westervelt, a Dutchman, laid out

the town of Westerville and named it in honor of his family.¹⁵

Thirty years were to elapse before the town was incorporated, and

in those thirty years either by definite plan or by the process of

popular etymology, the name of the town changed from Wester-

velt to Westerville. There are no definite records that the town

itself was ever called Westervelt, but early documents found in

the Westerville library refer to it as the "Westervelt district" and

"Westervelt." The town received undue prominence as the home

of the Anti-Saloon league, and it is probable that strangers to the

name Westervelt confused the -velt with the basic suffix -ville.

Hero worship accounts for another type of place-names

originating in personal names. Names such as Washington, Lin-

coln, Lafayette, and Franklin either standing alone or in combina-

tion with the usual basic suffixes are to be found in all states of

the Union.   The psychology behind this class of names differs

from the psychology behind the simple type of personal place-name

in its relation to the individual. A town such as Hilliard received

its name because John Hilliard lived there; Franklinton received

its name solely because Benjamin Franklin was a popular hero.

Impressive as the roster of such names is sure to be, the signifi-

cance of the names of plain ordinary citizens who have managed

to leave their names behind them is much greater. It is interesting

to note, however, that the majority of the public-hero names in

Franklin County are township names, though some few towns

received their names in like manner.16

 

14 Opha Moore, History of Franklin County, Ohio (Indianapolis, 1930), 1,502.

See also William Martin, History of Franklin County, 208.

15 Moore, History of Franklin County, 1, 473, 476.

16 The towns so named in Franklin County are: Camp Chase, Clinton, Columbus.

Franklinton, and Mifflinville; the townships are: Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson,

Jefferson, Mifflin, Montgomery, and Washington.

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Borrowed Names

A nostalgic yearning has dotted the United States with place-

names once familiar to the settlers: names that speak of their

previous homes. In many cases these are to be found prefixed

with new. There are two names so prefixed in Franklin County;

New Albany from Albany, New York, and New Georyesville from

Georgesville, Ohio. The origin of the name Georgesville is lost.

It is known that previous to 1870 the town was situated on the

east side of Darby Creek, but in 1870 the people of the town

moved across Darby Creek to an allotment opened up by John

Moore, and gradually the old town buildings fell into decay. At

that time the name was changed from Georgesville to New

Georgesville, but who George was nobody seems to know. The

prefix New has now been lost to all but the most official docu-

ments, and the town is designated on maps merely as Georgesville.

With the exception of Truro and Dublin, the place-names in

this county of foreign origin were not borrowed directly. Rome

came to Franklin County by way of Rome, New York, and Canal

Winchester by way of Winchester, Virginia. The word Canal was

prefixed subsequent to the digging of the Ohio Canal through the

town, when it was discovered that there was another place of the

same name in the State.

John Shields, an Irishman, laid out the town of Dublin in

1818 and named it after his native city. The fact that there are

not more names borrowed from Ireland (despite the relatively

high proportion of people of Irish descent in the county) is easily

explainable in light of the early settlement of this district. Most

of the Irish who came to this county did so immediately after

the potato famine of 1845-1847, some twenty-seven or eight years

after John Shields founded Dublin and some forty years after

the settlement of Franklin County.

Although not nearly so great in number as the Irish, Canadians

came to this county much earlier. During the American Revolu-

tion certain of the residents of Canada sympathized with the revo-

lutionists. As a result these Canadians found it expedient to

leave their homes and to migrate to this country. The Congress

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of the United States set aside a grant of land known as the

"Refugee Tract" for all such immigrants. Among the first to

settle on this tract was the family of David Taylor. When a new

township was organized in 1810 the Taylor family were given

the privilege of naming it after their old home town, Truro,

Nova Scotia. The town of Truro is named from the township.

 

 

Subjective Names

Names descriptive of locality are quite common in this

county. Such names divide themselves into two groups:    (a)

topographical names, that is, names actually descriptive, such as

Dry Run, Marble Cliff, Marsh Run and Rocky Fork; and (b)

subjective names, those semi-descriptive names resulting from

wishful thinking of realtors and settlers, such as Oakland, River-

lea and Pleasant Corners.

Two of the names in the first class are worthy of comment-

Marble Cliff and Marsh Run. Marble Cliff, located on the banks

of the Scioto River, just west of Columbus, is on the site of an

old stone quarry. In the early history of the county much of the

stone used in public buildings came from there. It was first

known as McCoy's Mills, then as Matere's Mills, and finally as

Marble Cliff Mills.17  Marsh Run owes its name to the marsh-

lands that once covered the site of Columbus and the south-central

portion of the county. These marshes were so extensive that the

Indians seldom settled in this part of the country (although at

one time there was a large Wyandot village on the site of Colum-

bus and three Mingo villages on the site of Franklinton) pre-

ferring to confine their activities therein almost entirely to hunting.

Central College is a composite descriptive name. Very early

in the history of the county (the exact date cannot be determined)

a college was established in this town. The college was first

known as Am1althea18 and the town which sprang up around the

college was named after it. The name was later changed to Central

 

17 Moore, History of Franklin County, I, 510, 513, 514.

18 Amalthea, the nurse of Zeus who fed him from a never-emptying horn of a goat.

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College because of the supposed location of the town at the center

of the state.

Franklin County has surprisingly few names of purely sub-

jective origins. Minerva Park, once an amusement center and

now a real-estate development, has thrived well, though what the

Greek goddess of wisdom had to do with an amusement park

only its astute creator can say. Oakland, Riverlea (situated on

the banks of the Olentangy River) and Urbancrest are all semi-

descriptive names of sufficient dubious import to interest prospec-

tive buyers of real-estate.

 

Post-Office Names

There are certain names the origin of which seems to be

entirely hidden. On close inspection a good many of these

reveal themselves to he early post-office names.  The United

States Postal Department found it necessary during the expan-

sion of this country to compile a list of names which might be

applied to new postal stations in each state. A strict rule was laid

down that no more than one town in a state might have the same

name; thus a post-office often was named merely because that

name happened to be next on the list. The resultant confusion

was furthered by the late Geographic Board which endeavored to

"simplify" all names. By action of this Board the h ending was

taken from -burgh, the apostrophe was elided from all possessive

names, and names such as Black Lick were re-spelled Blacklick.

The amount of confusion caused by the Geographic Board in

Franklin County is difficult to ascertain.

 

A Dictionary of Franklin County Place-Names

It has been the writer's attempt in the foregoing pages to

illustrate the techniques employed in this study of Franklin

County place-names and to explain the difficulties peculiar to the

study of place-names in this particular region. Spacial and tem-

poral considerations make it inexpedient to discuss each place-

name found in the county at such great length, however. Thus,

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in the interests of conciseness, it has been found expedient to

embody all of the place-names of Franklin County in an alpha-

betical list; of such a dictionary do the following pages consist.

Each entry has three elements: (1) the name of the place, (2)

variations in the place-names and source materials, both given in

chronological order and keyed to the bibliography, in parentheses,

and (3) the etymology of the place-name.

ALLUM CREEK: See Alum Creek.

ALTON: (William Martin,¹⁹ 252; R. Alton, resident; 1872

through 1940.)   Founded in 1836 by Thomas Graham.

Named after Fred Alton.

ALUM CREEK: (Salt Creek, 1755; Salt Springs, 1775; Allum

Creek, 1806; Seckle Sepung, Delaware for Saltlick Creek,

William  Martin, 119; Alum Creek, Williams, 468; 1872

through 1940.)  The name refers to the brackish water.

Some conjecture offered by nearby residents that it was once

called Elm Creek because of the groves through which it

meanders. This seems to be a popular etymology based upon

the rustic American pronunciation of elm as alum. See also

introduction, pages 137, 139.

AMALTHEA: See Central College.

AMLIN: (1872 through 1940; Hist. Pub., 238.) Founded by

Zeloria E. Amlin in 1847. The town was named after him

in 1864, First called Amlin Station.

AMLIN STATION: See Amlin.

ARLINGTON: See Upper Arlington.

BEXLEY: (USG through 1940.) A real-estate development.

Unsupported evidence points to Bexley, England, as the source

of this name.

BIG BELLY CREEK: (1815; 1872.) See Big Walnut Creek.

BIG LICK CREEK: See Big Walnut Creek and introduction,

pages 137-8.

BIG RUN: (1872 through 1940.) The term run was originally

applied to swift streams, then by extension to streams in

general.

 

19 For complete citations see Bibliographical Explanation at the end of this list.

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BIG WALNUT CREEK: (Big Lick, William Martin, 120; Big

Belly's Creek, 1806; Big Belly Creek, 1815; 1872; Gahannah

River, 1872; William Martin, 53; Big Walnut Creek, 1822

through 1940.) Big Belly was possibly an Indian who lived

near the stream (see introduction, page 137). Gahannah given

to the stream by an act of legislation in 1833--an Indian word

meaning "three united in one." Applied to the creek below

the junction of Alum, Walnut and Blacklick creeks. (See

introduction, pages 137-8. Big Walnut refers to the walnut

groves that once were abundant, the big serving to distinguish

it from Walnut Creek.

BLACKLICK: (Smithville, Williams, 400; Moore, 498; Black

Lick, 1883; and Blacklick Station, Williams, 400; Black

Lick, 1872 through 1940.) Laid out in 1852 by William

Smith who named it Smithville. The town received its present

name from Blacklick Creek, for there is another town by the

name of Smithville in the State. See Blacklick Creek and

introduction, page 144.

BLACKLICK CREEK; (Black's Lick, 1806; Blacklick Creek,

1872 through 1940.) So named because it passed over land

belonging to H. G. Black. Originally Black's Lick, the desig-

nation creek was added later. Lick, a spot to which animals

resort to lick the salt or the salt earth.

BLACK'S LICK: See Blacklick Creek.

BLENDON: (Harrison, Williams, 476; Blendon Corner's Post-

Office, 1872; Blendon P. 0., 1883; Blendon, USG through

1940.) The name was changed from Harrison to Blendon in

1826. Blendon is the township name. See Blendon Town-

ship.

BLENDON      TOWNSHIP: (Harrison, 1822; Blendon, 1872

through 1940.) The township was originally named after

William Henry Harrison. In 1825 the name was changed to

Blendon. Informants located in the township insist that this

is a personal name, but there is no authority for it.

BLISS RUN: (1883 through 1940.) A Mr. J. Bliss owned

land over which the run passes.

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BORROR: (Borror Corners, 1872, Borror's Corners, 1883;

Borror, USG.) Named after the Borror family. Jacob Borror

came to Franklin County in 1809. In 1872 fourteen members

of the family are recorded as holding land around Borror.

See introduction page 140.

BORROR CORNERS: (1872.) See Borror.

BORROR'S CORNERS: (1883.) See Borror.

BRICE: (USG through 1940.)     Origin undiscovered.

BRIDGEPORT: (Moore, 509.) The village of Bridgeport was

laid out on the banks of Big Walnut Creek in 1853 by Jesse

Baughman. See Gahanna.

BRIGGSDALE: (1883 through 1940; Centennial, 570.) Named

after the Briggs family. Mary Briggs came to the county

in 1816. Real estate maps show that the family of Briggs

owned considerable acreage in the district.

BRONZEVILLE: (Newspaper; residents.)        A  colored com-

munity in Columbus. This is a common term for a colored

district throughout the United States.

BROWN TOWNSHIP: (1872 through 1940.) The township

was organized in 1808-1810. The origin of the name is un-

known. In all probability a personal name.

CAMP CHASE: (Camp Jackson, Hist. Pub., 303; Moore, 487;

Camp Chase, Hist. Pub., 303; Moore, 487; 1872 through

1938.) Originally known as Camp Jackson in honor of

Andrew Jackson, the name was changed to Camp Chase dur-

ing the Civil War to honor Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of

the United States Treasury and ex-governor of Ohio.

CAMP JACKSON: See Camp Chase.

CANAL WINCHESTER: (Winchester, 1872; 1883; Moore,

501; Williams, 450; Canal Winchester, 1872 through 1940.)

Laid out in 1826 by Reuben Dove and named after Win-

chester, Virginia, whence he came. Canal prefixed subse-

quent to the digging of the Ohio Canal because of another

Winchester in the State. Originally from Winchester, Eng-

land. See introduction, page 142.

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CENTRAL COLLEGE: (Amalthea, Moore, 478; Central Col-

lege, 1872 through 1940.) Originally an educational insti-

tution was located in this town. First name was Amalthea,

the Greek nurse of Zeus. Later named Central College be-

cause of its supposed geographic location within the State

of Ohio. See introduction, pages 143-4.

CLINTON: (Clintonville, 1872; Williams, 408; 1883; Clinton,

USG through 1940.) Laid out in 1840 by Alonson Bull.

Named Clintonville from Clinton Township.  See Clinton

Township.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP: (1822; 1872 through 1940; Howe,

422.) Named after Dewitt Clinton, ex-governor of New

York.

CLINTONVILLE: See Clinton.

COLUMBUS: (Franklinton, 1806; 1822; 1872; Columbus, 1815

through 1940.) Laid out by Lucas Sullivant in 1797 and

called Franklinton in honor of Benjamin Franklin. The

name was changed to Columbus in 1812 at the suggestion of

General Foos. Named after Christopher Columbus.

DARBY BIG RUN: (1872 through 1940.) See Darby Creek.

DARBY CREEK: (Derby Creek, 1806; Darby's Creek, 1815;

Darby Creek, 1822 through 1940; Maria Martin, 276.) Ac-

cording to Maria Martin the creek was named after an In-

dian called Darby. The flatlands watered by the Darby Creeks

are called Darby Plains. The spelling Derby is certain evi-

dence of original English origin of the name, the pronuncia-

tion of which is preserved by the present spelling.

DARBY CROSS ROADS: (William Martin, 193.) See Harris-

burg.

DARBY'S CREEK: (1815.) See Darby Creek.

DERBY CREEK: (1806.) See Darby Creek.

DRY RUN: (USG through 1940.) There is seldom any water

in the stream bed except in the spring of the year.

DUBLIN: (1822 through 1940; Moore, 533; Williams, 373.)

The town was laid out in 1818 by John Shields, an Irishman,

who named it in honor of his native town in Ireland. See

introduction, page 142.

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EDWARD: (USG through 1940.) Origin undiscovered.

EIGHT LOCKS: (Jenkins, 267; Williams, 396.)     See Lock-

bourne.

ELM CREEK: See Alum Creek.

ELMWOOD: (USG; Maria Martin, 284-5; Williams, 381.) So

named because of the abundance of elm trees. See Linworth.

FISHINGER BRIDGE: (USG through 1940.)         A plaque on

the bridge gives the name C. Fishinger.

FLINT: (USG through 1940.) Origin undiscovered. Popular

opinion attributes the name to Flint, Michigan.

FRANKLIN COUNTY: (1815 through 1940: Howe, 608.)

Named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, in 1803.

FRANKLINTON: (1806 through 1872.) The original settle-

ment on the site of Columbus. See Columbus.

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP: (1806 through 1940; Howe, 608.)

See Franklin County.

FRENCHTOWN: (Moore, 530; William Martin, 215; Gannett,

261.) Laid out in 1831 and named Frenchtown by John

French. See Reynoldsburg.

GAHANNA: (Gahannah, Howe, 610; William Martin, 53;

Bridgeport, Moore, 509; Gahanna, 1872 through 1940;

Moore, 509; William Martin, 53; Jenkins, 186.) Laid out on

the banks of Big Walnut Creek in 1849 by John Clark and

named Gahanna because the creek was at that time known as

the Gahanna River. Part of the town was known as Bridge-

port, but this name was later dropped. See Bridgeport; Big

Walnut Creek; Gahanna River; and introduction, pages 137-8.

GAHANNA RIVER: (Gahannah River, 1872; William Martin,

53; Gahanna River, 1872.) See Big Walnut Creek.

GALLOWAY: (Galloway Station, 1872; Galloway, 1883 through

1940; Centennial, 184, Howe, 659.) Named after Samuel

Galloway.

GALLOWAY STATION: (1872.)          See Galloway.

GEORGES CREEK: (USG through 1940.) Origin undis-

covered.

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GEORGESVILLE: (Pleasant Post Office, 1822; William Mar-

tin, 192; Williams, 435; Georgesville, William Martin, 192;

Williams, 495; 1872 through 1940; Mrs. W. A. Dyer, resi-

dent; Georgesville P.O., William  Martin, 192.)  Pleasant

Post Office established in 1803 and named from the township.

In 1816 a Mr. Roberts laid out the town of Georgesville, and

in 1818 the name of the post-office was changed to Georges-

ville P.O. In 1870 John Moore opened an allotment on the

west side of the Darby Creeks; the residents gradually moved

to the new allotment and left the old town-site deserted. The

origin of the name Georgesville is completely hidden. See

introduction, page 142.

GOODALE PARK: (USG through 1940; Moore, 490; Howe,

649.) The park was named after Dr. Lincoln Goodale who

presented it to the city.

GRANDVIEW       HEIGHTS: (USG through 1940.)       A  real-

estate development. Subjective name.

GRAHAMSVILLE: (1872.)        See Taylor.

GRANT RUN: (1872 through 1940; Centennial, 824; Williams,

384.) Named after Hugh Grant who was killed by a falling

tree on its banks.

GROVE CITY: (1872 through 1940; William Martin, 247;

Williams, 387.) Grove City was laid out in 1852 by W. F.

Breck and so named because of the number of trees.

GROVEPORT: (Werts Grove, Moore, 502; William Martin,

208; Rarey's Port, Moore, 502; William Martin, 208: Grove-

port, 1872 through 1940.) The result of the union of two

villages, Werts Grove and Rarey's Port. The name Grove-

port is the result of the combination of the basic suffixes:

-grove and -port. See introduction, pages 140-1.

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP: (1822 through 1940.) Founded in

1800. Named after Alexander Hamilton.

HARRISBURG: (Darby Cross Roads, William Martin, 193;

Harrisburgh, William Martin, 193; Harrisburg, 1872 through

1940.) In 1836 Joseph Chenowith of Harrisburg, Pennsyl-

vania, laid out a town at Darby Cross Roads Post Office and

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called it Harrisburgh. The name was later changed to Harris-

burg by action of the Geographic Board. See introduction,

page 144.

HARRISBURGH POST OFFICE: (William Martin, 193.)

See Harrisburg.

HAVENS CORNERS: (Moore, 497; 1872 through 1940.)

Founded by William Havens in 1838.

HAYDEN: (Moore, 533; USG through 1940.) The town took

its name from Hayden Run. See Hayden Run.

HAYDEN     RUN: (Moore, 533; 1883; 1938 through 1940.)

Named after Jacob Hayden, an early settler.

HEADLEY'S CORNERS: (Moore, 397; Centennial, 918; 1872

through 1883.) William Headley purchased land in 1812

around the four corners which later acquired his name.

HELLBRANCH       RUN: (Appears unnamed on 1872; 1883;

Hellbranch Run, USG through 1940.) This name is gen-

erally unknown to the natives. It was possibly lost through

euphemistic priggishness. Origin undiscovered.

HILLIARD: (Hilliard's Station, 1872; Hilliard, 1883; USG

through 1940: Moore, 511; William Martin, 243.) Laid out

and named Hilliard by John R. Hilliard in 1853. Incor-

porated in 1869. See introduction, page 140.

INDIAN RUN, NORTH FORK: (1872 through 1940.)          Ori-

gin undiscovered.

INDIAN RUN, SOUTH FORK: (1872 through 1940.)          Ori-

gin undiscovered.

JACKSON     TOWNSHIP: (1822 through       1940.)   Jackson

Township was organized in 1815 and named after Andrew

Jackson.

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP: (1822 through 1940.) Jefferson

Township was organized in 1816 and named after Thomas

Jefferson.

LINWORTH: (Elmwood, Moore, 513; Linworth, Moore, 513;

1938 through 1940.) A village located part way between

Dublin and Worthington. Originally a real-estate develop-

ment called Elmwood, the name was later changed to Lin-

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worth, a composite name formed from Lin- from Dublin and

-worth from Worthington. See Elmwood.

LITTLE DARBY CREEK: (Derby Creek, 1806; Darby Creek,

1872; 1883 through 1940.) See Darby Creek.

LOCKBOURNE: (Eight Locks, Jenkins, 267; Williams, 396;

Lockbourne, William Martin, 198; Williams, 396; 1872

through 1940.) Lockbourne was laid out by Colonel James

Kilbourne in 1831. The first element in the name comes

from the locks in the canal at that point; the second element

may be from the name Kilbourne, or the regular -bourn suffix.

See introduction, page 140.

MADISON     TOWNSHIP: (1822 through 1940.)        Organized

in 1809 and named after James Madison.

MARBLE CLIFF: (Moore, 513; 1872 through 1940.) The

village was near a large quarry, and the bluff which over-

hangs the river has the appearance of marble.

MARBLE     CLIFF    MILLS:     (McCoy's Mills, Moore, 514;

Matere's Mills, Moore, 514; Marble Cliff Mills, Moore

513-4.)  Quarries and milling machines first owned by

McCoy, then by Matere. Marble Cliff is descriptive.

MARION TOWNSHIP: (Montgomery Township, 1822, 1872;

Marion Township, 1883 through 1940; Williams, 497.) The

original name of the township was Montgomery. It was

changed to Marion between 1872 and 1878, and named after

a family called Marion. See Montgomery Township.

MARSH RUN: (1883 through 1940.) Once a drainage ditch

for the marshlands surrounding Columbus.

MASON RUN: (USG; Hist. Pub., 354.) Possibly named for

William Mason over whose land it ran.

MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP: (1822 through 1940; William Martin,

216; Jenkins, 300.)  Organized in 1811 and named either

after ex-governor Mifflin of Pennsylvania or Mifflin County,

Pennsylvania, at the instance of William Read.

MIFFLINVILLE: (1872 through 1940.) In Mifflin Township.

See Mifflin Township.

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MINERVA PARK: (USG; Minerva Lake, 1938 through 1940.)

Real-estate development and park. Named after the Greek

goddess of Wisdom.

MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP: (1822; 1872; Centennial, 246;

Moore, 563.) Organized in 1807. Named by Judge Edward

Livingston in honor of General Richard Montgomery. The

township went out of existence when partly swallowed by

the city of Columbus and Marion Township.

NEW ALBANY: (1872 through 1940; Moore, 516.) Founded

in 1837 by Daniel Landon and William Yantis. Named after

Albany, New York. See introduction, page 142.

NEW GEORGESVILLE: (1872; Mrs. W. A. Dyer, resident.)

Laid out by John Moore, circa 1870. See Georgesville; in-

troduction, page 142.

NORTON FIELD: (USG through 1940.) United States Army

airport. Named after Fred W. Norton, an army flier.

NORWICH TOWNSHIP: (1822 through 1940; Moore, 553.)

Laid out in 1813. Named by Peletiah Webster Huntington

who came from Norwich, Connecticut.

OAKLAND: (USG through 1940.) A real-estate development

Subjective name. See introduction, page 143.

OHIO: (Connely, 453.)     An Iroquois word.    O-ke'-zhu in

Wyandot; O-he'-yo in Mohawk and Cayuga; O-he' in Oneida.

Means great or large. See introduction, page 136, footnote.

OLENTANGY: (1883 through 1940.) Named from the Olen-

tangy River. See Olentangy River.

OLENTANGY RIVER: (Whetstone River, 1806; 1822; Whet-

stone Creek, 1815; Moore, 103; Jenkins, 130; Olentangy

Creek, Jenkins, 130; Olentangy River, 1872 through 1940;

Moore, 103; William Martin, 53.) The original name was

the Indian word olentanga possibly meaning "river of rest."

There is a Delaware word o-len-tenk which means "at my

good heart," which is a possible source for this word. After

the country was well settled the name of the river was

changed to Whetstone because of the rock formations. An

act of legislation in 1833 restored the Indian name. See in-

troduction, page 138.

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OTTERBEIN      UNIVERSITY: (1872 through USG; Moore,

477; William   Martin, 148; Ross Shoemaker, resident.)

Founded by the United Brethren Church at Westerville and

named after Philip William Otterbein, the founder of the

Church.

OVID: (Ovid Post Office, 1872; Ovid, 1883 through 1940;

William Martin, 240; Moore, 377.) Possibly either a name

given by the Post-Office Department (see introduction, 144)

or from Ovid, New York, whence Joseph Smith came in

1816. Originally from the Roman author.

PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL: (USG.) Named from the State

of Pennsylvania.

PERRY TOWNSHIP: (1822 through 1940.) Organized in

1820. Named after Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry.

PINHOOK: (USG.) Origin undiscovered.

PISGAH SCHOOL: (USG; Gannett, 247.) A Hebraic word

meaning "peak." The name was taken from a Biblical quota-

tion. Numbers 21:20, 23:14; Deuteronomy 3:27, 34:1.

Deuteronomy 3:27 seems most appropriate. It is located on

a hill.

PLAIN    TOWNSHIP: (1822 through 1940; Williams, 411.)

Organized in 1810. The district is extremely flat. Was once

known as Scott's Plains.

PLEASANT CORNERS: (Pleasant Corners Post Office, 1872;

Pleasant Corners, 1883 through 1940.)   Probably named

after Pleasant Township in which it is located. See Pleasant

Township.

PLEASANT POST OFFICE: See Georgesville

PLEASANT TOWNSHIP: (1822 through 1940.) Organized

in 1807. Subjective name.

PLUM RUN: (USG through 1940; Williams, 392.) Named

after John or Henry Plum, brothers.

PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP: (1822 through 1940; William Martin,

130.) Organized in 1819 and named because of the nature of

the land.

RAREY'S PORT: (Moore, 502; William Martin, 208.)         See

Groveport.

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REESE: (1872 through 1940.) Named after the Reese family

who owned land on which the town was built.

RENICK RUN: (1883 through 1940; Williams, 364.) Named

after Joseph Renick over whose farm it passed.

REYNOLDSBURG: (Frenchtown, Moore, 530; William Mar-

tin, 215; Reynoldsburg, Moore, 530; William Martin, 215;

1872 through 1940.) Originally laid out in 1831 by John

French who named it Frenchtown. It was later named in

honor of James C. Reynolds.

RIVERLEA: (1940.) Organized in 1939. A real-estate de-

velopment located on the banks of the Olentangy River. Sub-

jective name. See introduction, page 144.

ROCKY FORK: (1883 through 1940.) Popular opinion says

this stream was named because of the rocks at its fork, un-

fortunately there are none. Reference may be to a fork in

the stream outside of the county.

ROME: (1883 through 1940; Maria Martin, 282; William Mar-

tin, 252; Gannett, 266.)  Laid out by James Bryden and

Adam Brotherlin in 1836. Named from Rome, New York,

originally from Rome, Italy.

RUSH RUN: (1883 through 1940.) Origin unknown.

SALT CREEK: (1755.) See Alum Creek.

SALTLICK CREEK: (William Martin, 119.) See Alum

Creek.

SALT SPRINGS: (1775.) See Alum Creek.

SCIOTO BIG RUN: (1883 through 1940.) A tributary to the

Scioto River. See Scioto River.

SCIOTO RIVER: (Chianotho River, 1755; Sioto River, 1775;

Seeyotah River, Gannett, 277; Scioto River, 1755 through

1940; Maria Martin, 276; William Martin, 120; Howe, II,

604; Hanna, II, 118.) Probably a Wyandot word for deer,

being shortened from the Wyandot oughscanoto; compare

Mohawk scaenoto; Onondaga scaenoto. The Hurons pro-

nounced Scioto as Scionto. See introduction, pages 138-9.

SEAGRAVE: (USG.) A real-estate development. Origin un-

discovered.

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SECKLE SEPUNG: See Alum Creek.

SHADEVILLE: (1872 through 1940; Moore, 495; Williams,

396.) Laid out by A. G. Hibbs and named in honor of his

wife whose maiden name was Shade.

SHARON TOWNSHIP: (1822 through 1940; Moore, 520.)

Named in 1806. See I Chronicles 27:29 and Song of Solo-

mon 2:1. The word means "plains" in Hebrew.

SHATTUCKSBURG: (1872; 1883.) Laid out by Simon Shat-

tuck in the 1860's. Never became a town.

SLATE RUN: (USG through 1940.) Origin undiscovered.

SMILEY'S CORNERS: (William Martin, 243-4.) Laid out by

David R. Smiley in 1850. Once a post-office but never a

town.

SMITHVILLE: (Moore, 498; Williams, 400; 1883.) See

Blacklick.

STEELTON: (USG through 1940.)         Named from the steel

mills and rolling mills in the district.

TAYLOR: (Grahamsville, 1872; Taylor Station, 1872 through

1940; Taylor's Station, 1883; Moore, 498; Centennial, 325;

Taylor, USG.)  First named Grahamsville by David Taylor

in honor of his wife's family. By association with Taylor,

however, it became known as Taylor's Station. Laid out in

1850. Now known as Taylor.

TAYLOR STATION: (1872; 1938; 1940.)        See Taylor.

TAYLOR'S STATION: (1883; Moore, 498; Centennial, 325.)

See Taylor.

TRURO: (1883 through USG.) Named from the township. See

Truro Township.

TRURO TOWNSHIP: (1822 through 1940; Centennial, 326;

Moore, 529; William Martin, 214.) Laid out in 1806; or-

ganized in 1810. Named by the Taylor family after Truro,

Nova Scotia, whence they had emigrated. See introduction,

pages 142-3.

TURKEY RUN: (USG through 1940.) Origin undiscovered.

UPPER ARLINGTON: (USG through 1940.)           A real-estate

development. Origin undiscovered.

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URBANCREST: (1883 through 1940.) A colored community.

A subjective name.

WALNUT CREEK: (Gahanna River, 1872; Williams, 53; Wal-

nut Creek, 1806; 1815 through 1940.)    See Big Walnut

Creek.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP: (1822 through 1940.) Organ-

ized in 1809 and named in honor of George Washington.

WERT'S GROVE: (Moore, 502; William Martin, 208.) See

Groveport.

WHETSTONE CREEK: (1815; Moore, 103; Jenkins, 130.)

See Olentangy River.

WHETSTONE RIVER: (1806 through 1822.)           See Olentangy

River.

WESTERVILLE: (1872 through 1940; Centennial, 892; Moore,

473-476.) Matthew Westervelt laid out the town in 1829,

but it was not organized until 1857. By a kind of popular

etymology, -ville may be the result of a misunderstanding of

the last element in Westervelt. See introduction, page 141.

WINCHESTER: (1872; 1883; Moore, 501; Williams, 450.)

See Canal Winchester.

WORTHINGTON: (1806 through 1940; Centennial, 70; Moore,

524; Howe, 612; Worthington, 121.) Although it has been

suggested that the name came from the parish of Worthing-

ton, it seems more likely that the village was named after

Thomas Worthington.

WRIGHTSVILLE: (USG.) Origin undiscovered.

 

 

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Certain States and Rivers," Ohio Archaeological and

Historical Quarterly, XXIX (1920), 451-4.

Gannett...........Henry Gannett, The Origin of Certain Place Names in

the United States, Washington, Government Printing

Office, 1905.

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Hanna............Charles H. Hanna, The Wilderness Trail, 2 vols., New

York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1911.

Hist. Pub.........Franklin County at the Beginning of the Twentieth Cen-

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Maria Martin.....Mrs. Maria Ewing Martin, "Origin of Ohio Place-

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1883............. Map of Franklin County, Ohio, Columbus, C. J. Brand

and Company, 1883.

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Map of Franklin County, Columbus, 1940.

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