Identifier: HistoricalCollectionsOfOhio1891V2 (find matches)
Title: Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
Subjects: Ohio -- Biography Ohio -- History Ohio -- Local History Ohio -- Description and travel
Publisher: Columbus : Henry Howe & Son

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LICKING COUNTY. 320 Granville in 18£6.—Granville is six miles west of Newark on Raccoon creek^abranch of the Licking, and is connected with the Ohio canal by a side cut of sixmiles in length. It is a neat, well-built town, noted for the morality and intelli-gence of its inhabitants and its flourishing and well-conducted literary institutions.It contains 6 churches, 6 stores, 3 academies—(beside a large brick building,which accommodates in each of its stories a distinct school,—and had, in 1840,727 inhabitants. The Granville College belongs to the Baptists, and was charteredin 1832. It is on a commanding site, one mile southwest of the village; itsfaculty consists of a president, two professors and two tutors. The four institu-tions at Granville have, unitedly, from 15 to 20 instructors, and enjoy a generouspatronage from all parts of the State. When all the schools and institutions arein operation, there are, within a mile, usually from 400 to 600 scholars.—OldEdition. Granvi

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