Connecticut Western Reserve

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The Connecticut Western Reserve was a tract of land in what is now northeastern Ohio that was once claimed and settled by the state of Connecticut following the American Revolutionary War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former land claim
historic region
administrativeSuccessor various counties in northeastern Ohio
alsoKnownAs Connecticut Reserve
Western Reserve
approximateArea 3,366,921 acres
about 5,260 square miles
borderFeature Cuyahoga River (western boundary in some definitions)
linked to: Cuyahoga River

Lake Erie
Pennsylvania state line
cededBy Connecticut
cededTo United States federal government
contains Firelands
continent North America
country United States
culturalHeritage New England–style town greens and institutions
FirelandsAlsoKnownAs Sufferers' Lands
formerClaimant Connecticut
foundedTown Cleveland, Ohio
linked to: Cleveland
governedBy Connecticut Land Company
historicalEra Post–American Revolutionary War period
historicalSignificance example of overlapping state claims in early United States history
influenced town planning patterns in northeastern Ohio
influencedBy New England culture
landUse agricultural settlement
town development
legacy Case Western Reserve University
Western Reserve Academy
Western Reserve Historical Society
legalBasis Connecticut land claims under colonial charter
legalInstrument Deed of cession of 1800
locatedIn Northeastern Ohio
Ohio
majorCityInRegion Akron, Ohio
Ashtabula, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
linked to: Cleveland

Lorain, Ohio
linked to: Lorain

Warren, Ohio NERFINISHED
Youngstown, Ohio
linked to: Youngstown
namedAfter Connecticut
partOf Northwest Territory
purpose compensation for Connecticut citizens whose property was destroyed in the Revolutionary War
relatedEvent American Revolutionary War
Northwest Ordinance
cession of western land claims by original states
settledBy New Englanders
linked to: New England
surveyedBy Moses Cleaveland
timePeriodEnd 1800
timePeriodStart 1786

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Orange Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio historicalRegion Connecticut Western Reserve
John Young placeOfActivity Western Reserve
linked to: Connecticut Western Reserve
Firelands partOf Connecticut Western Reserve
Firelands regionOf Connecticut Western Reserve
Connecticut Land Company operatedIn Western Reserve
linked to: Connecticut Western Reserve
Connecticut Land Company historicalRegion Connecticut Western Reserve
Hudson, Ohio region Western Reserve (Connecticut Western Reserve)
linked to: Connecticut Western Reserve
Western Reserve College namedAfter Connecticut Western Reserve
Orange Township, Ohio originallyPartOf Connecticut Western Reserve
Connecticut Western Reserve alsoKnownAs Western Reserve
linked to: Connecticut Western Reserve