Oldtown is an unincorporated community in Xenia Township, Greene County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1]
Oldtown is an unincorporated community in Xenia Township, Greene County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1]
Oldtown was founded on a site which had been home to one of Ohio's largest Shawnee settlements. [2]
White settlers first called the place Old Chillicothe, and under the latter name was it platted in 1839. [3] A post office called Old Town was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1902. [4]
The Great Council State Park, with a mission of educating the public about Tecumseh and the Shawnee, is scheduled to open in Oldtown in 2023.
Greene County is located in the southwestern portion of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 167,966. Its county seat is Xenia and its largest city is Beavercreek. The county was established on March 24, 1803 and named for General Nathanael Greene, an officer in the Revolutionary War. Greene County is part of the Dayton, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Jamestown is a village in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,052 at the 2020 census.
Shawnee Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, Ohio, United States. Shawnee Hills consists of a planned community centered on the 250-acre (1.0 km2) Shawnee Lake. The population was 2,230 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area, and should not be confused with the incorporated village of Shawnee Hills in Delaware County.
Shawnee is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 505 at the 2020 census. It is 9 miles (14 km) south of the county seat of New Lexington.
Clifton is a village in Clark and Greene counties in the U.S. state of Ohio and is home to the Clifton Mill, one of the largest water-powered grist mills still in existence. The population was 131 at the 2020 census.
Oldtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, along the North Branch Potomac River. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 86.
The Battle of Chillicothe was a military engagement of the western theater of the American Revolutionary War. In May 1779, Colonel John Bowman of the Kentucky County militia, accompanied by Benjamin Logan and Levi Todd, led between 160 and 300 militiamen against the Shawnee settlement of Old Chillicothe. Dividing their forces, Bowman and Logan attacked the town from two sides but were eventually repulsed. Unable to draw the Shawnee from their single blockhouse, Bowman burned much of the town and left with between 30 and 300 horses valued at $32,000. Although initially blamed for a defeat, as well as the eight or ten casualties suffered by the Americans, Bowman and Logan were eventually credited by some with a major victory for the Patriots. With the destruction of a major Shawnee settlement and the death of Blackfish, additional war parties were discouraged from moving against American settlers in Kentucky. According to Theodore Roosevelt in The Winning of the West, "the expedition undoubtedly accomplished more than Clark's attack on Piqua next year."
Pekowi was the name of one of the five divisions of the Shawnee, a Native American people, during the 18th century. The other four divisions were the Chalahgawtha, Mekoche, Kispoko, and Hathawekela. Together these divisions formed the loose confederacy that was the Shawnee tribe.
Byron is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Bath Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States. It sits at the intersection of Linebaugh and Dayton-Yellow Springs Roads, between Fairborn and Xenia. Byron is located at 39°47′10″N83°58′51″W, at an elevation of 915 feet (279 m).
The Battle of Piqua, also known as the Battle of Peckowee, Battle of Pekowi, Battle of Peckuwe and the Battle of Pickaway, was a military engagement fought on August 8, 1780 at the Indian village of Piqua along the Mad River in western Ohio Country between the Kentucky County militia under General George Rogers Clark and Shawnee Indians under Chief Black Hoof. The Indians were driven off and the village and surrounding fields burned, but Clark suffered daunting casualties. Clark's expedition was in response to Bird's invasion of Kentucky earlier that summer by a combined force of Shawnee, Lenape and Miami warriors that killed and captured hundreds of white settlers.
Goes Station is a small unincorporated community in northern Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States. It sits at the intersection of Snively Road and U.S. Route 68 between Xenia and Yellow Springs.
Gladstone is an unincorporated community in Greene County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Grape Grove is an unincorporated community in Greene County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
New Jasper is an unincorporated community in Greene County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Paintersville is an unincorporated community in Greene County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Trebein is an unincorporated community in Beavercreek Township, Greene County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Ferry is an unincorporated community in Greene County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Stringtown is an unincorporated community in Greene County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Massies Creek is a stream located entirely within Greene County, Ohio. It is a tributary of the Little Miami River.
Great Council State Park in the Oldtown area of Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States, is scheduled to open in early 2024.
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