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The city itself was established in the 1780s as a Shawnee settlement called "Waughpaughkonnetta" (possibly derived from the Shawnee word "Wa-po'kanite," meaning "the place of white bones"). After the Shawnee tribe was removed to Kansas in 1831, Wapakoneta was platted in 1833 and later named as the seat of Auglaize County in 1848. [6]
The Wapakoneta City School District of Wapakoneta, Ohio Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wapakoneta .
The Treaty of Wapakoneta was signed on August 8, 1831. Remnants of the Shawnee Native American tribe in Wapakoneta were forced to relinquish claims that they had to land in western Ohio . In exchange, the United States government agreed to provide the tribe with 100,000 acres (400 km 2 ) of land west of the Mississippi River .
Apr. 5—WAPAKONETA — Preparations for the Great American Solar Eclipse started a year early for Deb Fischer. The special projects manager for Riverside Art Center ordered 10,000 sets of eclipse ...
Auglaize County (/ ˈ ɔː ɡ l eɪ z /) [2] is a county in Northwestern Ohio, United States of America .As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,442. [3] Its county seat and largest city is Wapakoneta.
Wakatomika was the name of two 18th century Shawnee villages in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio.The name was also spelled Wapatomica, Waketomika, Waketomica, and Waketameki, among other variations, but the similar name Wapakoneta was a different Shawnee village.
Apr. 8—WAPAKONETA — "Two minutes to the eclipse!" The grounds of the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta had been abuzz with activity Monday afternoon as an estimated 2,000 people ...
May 22—WAPAKONETA — A dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Saturday morning to mark the completion of the renovation of Heritage Park. The Ohio Department of Transportation worked ...