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Hamburg was laid out around 1812 on the Zane's Trace. [2] The community was named after the German city of Hamburg. [3] A post office called Hamburg was established in 1859, and remained in operation until 1905. [4]
Hamburg was the port for most Germans and Eastern Europeans to leave for the New World and became home to trading communities from all over the world (like a small Chinatown in Altona, Hamburg). In 1903, the world's first organised club for social and family nudism , Freilichtpark (Open-air Park) was opened in Hamburg. [ 33 ]
Port Washington is located along the Tuscarawas River. [ 6 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 0.51 square miles (1.32 km 2 ), all land.
The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG), known in English as the Hamburg America Line, was a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg, in 1847.
Hamburg was laid out and platted in 1850. [2] A post office called Hamburgh was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1854. [3] With the construction of the railroad, business activity shifted to nearby Eldorado, and the town's population dwindled. [4]
The hometown newspaper of Washington Court House is the Record Herald. The Record Herald was formed from the merger of two dailies – The Record-Republican and the Washington C.H. Herald – in 1937. [24] The latter paper's publishing history dates back to 1858 when it began as a weekly. [25]
In May, 1772 came Schoenbrunn, followed by Gnadenhutten in October that year and Salem (south of modern-day Port Washington, Ohio in 1780. [2] During the American Revolutionary War , they found themselves between British-allied Indian tribes to their west and American settlers to their east.
As predicted, the new conditions favoured the development of manufactures in Hamburg itself. [39] With the free port, Hamburg became the leading port in continental Europe and the world's fourth largest after New York, London and Liverpool. [56] This continued the increase of trade prior to the accession, which in 1873- 1887 grew by 44.2%. [39]