Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio, Vol. 1 The state of Ohio, in its entirety, lies between latitude 38 degrees 27 min utes and 41 degrees 57 minutes N. And longitude 80 degrees 34 minutes and 84 degrees 49 minutes W. The maximum length of the state east and west being two hundred and ten miles, and the maximum breadth from south to north one hundred and fifteen. The center of the originally surveyed square on which the capital buildings were erected is latitude 37 degrees 57 minutes, longitude 82 degrees 29 minutes, almost equidistant from the cities of Cleveland northeast, Toledo northwest, Cincinnati southwest and Marietta southeast, at and average maximum distance from the capital of one hundred and fifteen miles. A line drawn through Columbus north and south and another east and west divides the state into four almost eq'ual parts. The most distant points, and somewhat in excess of the one hundred and fifteen mile maximum, are at the corner of the state at the intersection of the Pennsylvania line on the north east and the intersection of the Ohio, Indiana 5 and Michigan lines on the northwest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.