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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136 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
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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."
FRANKLIN COUNTY PLACE NAMES 141
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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QUARTERLY
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.
FRANKLIN COUNTY PLACE NAMES 147
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.
148
OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
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.
FRANKLIN COUNTY PLACE NAMES 149
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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OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
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
FRANKLIN COUNTY PLACE NAMES 151
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-
152
OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
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.
FRANKLIN COUNTY PLACE NAMES 153
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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OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
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.
FRANKLIN COUNTY PLACE NAMES 155
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.
156
OHIO ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
QUARTERLY
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.
FRANKLIN COUNTY PLACE NAMES 157
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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