Firelands
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Firelands is a historic region in north-central Ohio originally settled as compensation lands for Connecticut residents whose homes were burned during the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Firelands canonical | 2 |
| Fire Lands | 1 |
| Firelands region | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic region
ⓘ
historic region ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Firelands
ⓘ
surface form:
Fire Lands
Sufferers' Lands ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| compensated |
Ill Newes from New England
ⓘ
surface form:
Connecticut "Sufferers"
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentedIn | Firelands Pioneer historical records ⓘ |
| hasCapitalOrMajorTownHistorically | Norwalk, Ohio ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | New England settlement patterns ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post-American Revolutionary War era ⓘ |
| historicalUse | land grant for war sufferers ⓘ |
| inception | 1792 ⓘ |
| landAreaCharacteristic | frontier territory at time of settlement ⓘ |
| legalStatus | former land district ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ohio
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
north-central Ohio ⓘ |
| namedAfter | burning of settlers' homes during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| originallyGrantedBy |
Connecticut
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Connecticut
|
| partlyLocatedIn |
Erie County, Ohio
ⓘ
Huron County, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Lorain County, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottawa County, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandusky County, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Connecticut Western Reserve ⓘ |
| purpose | compensation for Connecticut residents whose property was destroyed in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| regionOf | Connecticut Western Reserve ⓘ |
| settledBy | Connecticut residents ⓘ |
| state | Ohio ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fire Lands
this entity surface form:
Firelands region