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Sheffield is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, along the Black River. The population was 4,135 at the 2020 census . It is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area .
Statewide, the only other Sheffield Township is located in Lorain County. The first settlers in Sheffield Township were John Shaw, a former British soldier , and his wife, who came in 1812. [ 4 ] When the township was organized in 1817 – 1820, John Griggs, first Justice of the Peace, changed the name to Sheffield, meaning "sheaf of fields ...
History [ edit ] The pioneer-settlement of this township technically began by about the year 1808, but the continual efforts of pioneer John S. Reid (beginning about 1809) became the main impetus for the establishment of the later City of Lorain (which had begun as the village named Mouth-of-Black-River, officially established by 1823).
Johnny Appleseed (born John Chapman; September 26, 1774 – March 18, 1845) was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced trees grown with apple seeds (as opposed to trees grown with grafting [1]) to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Ontario, as well as the northern counties of West Virginia.
Located in northern Lorain County, it borders the following townships and municipalities: Lorain - north and west; Sheffield - east; Elyria - southeast; Elyria Township - south; No municipalities are located in Sheffield Township, other than the cities of Lorain and Sheffield Lake and village of Sheffield that have incorporated most of the original extent of the township.
History detectives solve mysteries of glass plate negatives from turn of the 20th century. Surprisingly, some of the buildings still stand. Solved: Readers identify Ohio photos from early 1900s ...
The history of Ohio as a state began when the Northwest Territory was divided in 1800, ... Early Ohio state culture was a product of Native American cultures, which ...
Ohio: A History of the Buckeye State. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-54832-5. Paleoindian Period. The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology’s Greatest Mystery. James M. Adovasio with Jake Page, Random House, Inc., New York, New York, 2002. The First Discovery of America: Archaeological Evidence of the Early Inhabitants of the Ohio Area.