Connecticut Western Reserve

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former land claim historic region

The Connecticut Western Reserve was a tract of land in what is now northeastern Ohio that was once claimed and settled by the state of Connecticut following the American Revolutionary War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Connecticut Western Reserve canonical	6
Western Reserve	3
Western Reserve (Connecticut Western Reserve)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former land claim ⓘ historic region ⓘ
administrativeSuccessor	various counties in northeastern Ohio ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Connecticut Reserve ⓘ Connecticut Western Reserve ⓘ surface form: Western Reserve
approximateArea	3,366,921 acres ⓘ about 5,260 square miles ⓘ
borderFeature	Cuyahoga River ⓘ surface form: Cuyahoga River (western boundary in some definitions) Lake Erie ⓘ Ohio–Pennsylvania border ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania state line
cededBy	Connecticut ⓘ
cededTo	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
contains	Firelands ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalHeritage	New England–style town greens and institutions ⓘ
FirelandsAlsoKnownAs	Sufferers' Lands ⓘ
formerClaimant	Connecticut ⓘ
foundedTown	Cleveland ⓘ surface form: Cleveland, Ohio
governedBy	Connecticut Land Company ⓘ
historicalEra	Post–American Revolutionary War period ⓘ
historicalSignificance	example of overlapping state claims in early United States history ⓘ
influenced	town planning patterns in northeastern Ohio ⓘ
influencedBy	New England culture ⓘ
landUse	agricultural settlement ⓘ town development ⓘ
legacy	Case Western Reserve University ⓘ Western Reserve Academy ⓘ Cleveland History Center ⓘ surface form: Western Reserve Historical Society
legalBasis	Connecticut land claims under colonial charter ⓘ
legalInstrument	Deed of cession of 1800 ⓘ
locatedIn	Northeastern Ohio ⓘ Ohio ⓘ
majorCityInRegion	Akron, Ohio, United States ⓘ surface form: Akron, Ohio Ashtabula, Ohio ⓘ Cleveland ⓘ surface form: Cleveland, Ohio Lorain ⓘ surface form: Lorain, Ohio Warren, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Youngstown ⓘ surface form: Youngstown, Ohio
namedAfter	Connecticut ⓘ
partOf	Northwest Territory ⓘ
purpose	compensation for Connecticut citizens whose property was destroyed in the Revolutionary War ⓘ
relatedEvent	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Northwest Ordinance ⓘ cession of western land claims by original states ⓘ
settledBy	New England ⓘ surface form: New Englanders
surveyedBy	Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
timePeriodEnd	1800 ⓘ
timePeriodStart	1786 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orange Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio → historicalRegion → Connecticut Western Reserve ⓘ

John Young → placeOfActivity → Connecticut Western Reserve ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Reserve

Firelands → partOf → Connecticut Western Reserve ⓘ

Firelands → regionOf → Connecticut Western Reserve ⓘ

Connecticut Land Company → operatedIn → Connecticut Western Reserve ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Reserve

Connecticut Land Company → historicalRegion → Connecticut Western Reserve ⓘ

Hudson, Ohio → region → Connecticut Western Reserve ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Reserve (Connecticut Western Reserve)

Western Reserve College → namedAfter → Connecticut Western Reserve ⓘ

Orange Township, Ohio → originallyPartOf → Connecticut Western Reserve ⓘ

Connecticut Western Reserve → alsoKnownAs → Connecticut Western Reserve ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Reserve