... of Ohio was known as the Connecticut Western Reserve and comprised approximately 5,000 square miles in the northeastern corner of the State of Ohio (see map on next page) . The State of Connecticut claimed title to these lands, located "between the 41st parallel and Erie, westward 120 miles from the western boundary of Pennsylvania." About 500,000 acres in the western area ... company's first decision was to send a survey party into the area to choose a site for a capital and survey the land, creating townships of 25 square miles each instead of the standard 36. Land was set aside in ea...

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