Information concerning the government of Canaan Twp.
Canaan Township, Wayne County, Ohio
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- Canaan Township, Wayne County, Ohio
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- Canaan Township
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- Founded
- May 5,1819
Creston,Ohio
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Canaan Township was established May 5, 1819 and was named by Dr. Isaac Barnes.[1] It was named in honor of the Biblical land of Canaan.[2]
It was formed from the originally surveyed township 17, of range 13.[3]
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1807 Federal Survey Map of Canaan Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Canaan Township Survey Map 1807
1856 Baker's Map of Wayne County, Ohio
Canaan Township
1873 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio
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Canaan
Canaan Center
Golden Corners
Jackson
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1897 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio
Canaan Center
Canaan Township
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Early Wayne County History
Canaan Township
An early settler, Isaac Notestine, said of Canaan township: "Wheat and flour were often hauled to Cleveland from there, and hogs were driven to Cleveland likewise. Wooster was the nearest point of trade, but it was poor place to sell produce of any kind."
The township was organized in 1819. Incorporation of Burbank followed in 1868, when the name was changed from Bridgeport.
—Harry B. Stapler, The Wooster Daily Record, 1940-MAR-09