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Virginia soldier who fought at the battle of St. Clair's Defeat returned to the area in search of silver he left by a standing oak tree. The soldier remained in the area for an unknown amount of time and was later found dead in the woods. In 1852, a local resident struck metal with a
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Recovery is located at the confluence of a number of major area roads, including State Route 119, State Route 49, Sharpsburg Road, Union City Road, Wabash Road, and Fort Recovery-Minster Road. Fort Recovery was a stop along the
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George Will wrote that to set up camp, the unit had to move bones to make space for their beds. On June 30 of the following year, a large Native
American force and a few British officers conducted the
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Recovery. At the time, Ohio was claimed and populated by Native American nations, and conflict broke out when the young United States established settlements north of the
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made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.16.
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1631:Chattanooga
1613:communities
1601:Maria Stein
1518:Black Creek
1409:County seat
1229:October 25,
1159:1700–1799:
1139:1634–1699:
1020:January 31,
841:other races
818:2010 census
798:2023 (est.)
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340:2020 census
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1748:Categories
1691:Sharpsburg
1621:Carthagena
1583:Washington
1332:January 6,
1285:January 6,
1076:2016052193
908:References
466:84°46′40″W
463:40°24′44″N
384:Ohio River
308:feature ID
208:Population
150:Government
81:84°46′35″W
78:40°24′43″N
1710:Footnotes
1686:Sebastian
1671:Philothea
1558:Jefferson
1548:Granville
1510:Townships
1500:St. Henry
1490:Montezuma
1475:Coldwater
1470:Chickasaw
1255:April 23,
515:St. Louis
452:Geography
443:doubloons
390:governor
296:FIPS code
284:Area code
238:Time zone
200:Elevation
136:Townships
1701:Wendelin
1681:St. Rose
1656:Monterey
1626:Cassella
1573:Recovery
1553:Hopewell
1538:Franklin
1495:Rockford
1456:Villages
1164:(1992).
1144:(1997).
995:June 25,
934:July 14,
845:Hispanic
404:Kekionga
300:39-27902
272:ZIP Code
144:Recovery
1661:Neptune
1646:Macedon
1641:Erastus
1563:Liberty
1307:June 4,
902:Wyoming
835:, 0.1%
831:, 0.1%
827:, 0.1%
511:Buffalo
423:Private
358:History
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316:Website
311:2398904
106:Country
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1696:Wabash
1651:Mercer
1568:Marion
1543:Gibson
1533:Dublin
1528:Center
1523:Butler
1485:Mendon
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598:347.1%
538:Census
140:Gibson
130:Mercer
125:County
1666:Padua
1611:Other
1578:Union
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837:Asian
825:White
806:−1.7%
801:1,476
788:1,501
778:42.1%
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763:11.7%
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613:53.1%
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330:is a
277:45846
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243:UTC-5
224:1,476
216:1,501
114:State
1426:City
1334:2013
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1231:2021
1190:2024
1127:2019
1099:ISBN
1072:LCCN
1062:ISBN
1022:2008
997:2024
958:2022
936:2010
793:5.0%
784:2020
769:2010
754:2000
748:4.9%
739:1990
733:1.4%
724:1980
718:1.7%
709:1970
703:0.7%
694:1960
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643:6.5%
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628:1.4%
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547:Note
542:Pop.
520:The
306:GNIS
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118:Ohio
64:Ohio
1593:CDP
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1043:129
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