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Ravenna Township
The complete chapter on this township from History of Portage County, Ohio, published in 1885. 176 words, covering 9 settlements. The chapter predates the incorporation of Ravenna Township and Ravenna City, so it covers both.
Contents
1 sectionThe section headings the book prints inside this chapter. Each one jumps to where it begins.
The modern record here
9 settlementsWhat the federal record holds for each settlement inside this township: wildfires and storm reports since the 1950s, mineral workings, and museum specimens collected nearby. These are counted within a few miles of each settlement, so neighbours share them and the columns are deliberately not added up. Every row links to the settlement's own page, where each figure is broken out.
| Settlement | Fires | Storm reports | Mines and quarries | Specimens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood Manor | - | - | 22 | 1,050 |
| Black Horse | - | 5 | 11 | 867 |
| Campbellsport | - | 1 | 4 | 708 |
| Fair Acres | - | - | 3 | 907 |
| Hamlet Park | - | - | 3 | 907 |
| Pine Gate Village | - | - | 10 | 876 |
| Ravenna | - | 56 | 6 | 856 |
| Sprotts Corners | - | - | 9 | 876 |
| West Park Homes | - | - | 12 | 868 |
Settlements in this township
9 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. 1 of the 9 are named in the chapter; the rest were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
176 wordsReproduced complete and unedited. The text is machine-read from a scan of the 1885 printing, so expect the errors a machine makes reading a century-old page: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the book's own.
Ravenna City
The Lecture Course of the Ravenna Township School was given by the pupils, of the school this year, as was voted upon at one of the progressive Parent-Teachers' Meetings.
The first number of the Course was given by the last four grades under the direction of Miss Pfile, Miss Marie Roetzel, Mrs. Beckwith and Mr. Gombert. 'The date of the first performance was Feb- ruary 17th, beng very close to both Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays. The program throughout was one of patriotic enthusiasm and spirit. The numbers included plays ,songs, drills, dancing and speaking in the costumes of the Revolutionary days. "The children showed much intellect and initiative in their efforts to make the program a success.
The last number was presented by the first four grades under a leadership of Miss Patterson, Miss Chapman, Mrs. Hayes, and Miss Ruth Roetzel. This program consisted of folk dances, the plays "Cinderella" and "Hansel and Gretel," and the Jessie Gaynor flower songs with great approval and the teachers and pupils felt paid for their efforts in its production,
Provenance
Text from History of Portage County, Ohio, by Warner, Beer & Co., Pub. [from Old Catalog]; Brown, R. C. (Robert C.); Norris, J. E. [from Old Catalog], published 1885 and in the public domain in the United States. Digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.