Canaan Township, Wayne County, Ohio

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  • Canaan Township, Wayne County, Ohio
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  • Canaan Township
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  • 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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    1. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 772.
    2. ↑ Wayne County Scrapbook, compliments of McIntire,Davis & Greene Funeral Home.
    3. ↑ Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 58.
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