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The Catskill Park was protected in legislation passed in 1885, which declared that its land was to be conserved and never put up for sale or lease. Consisting of 700,000 acres (2,800 km 2) of land, the park is a habitat for bobcats, minks and fishers with some 400 black bears living in the region. The state operates numerous campgrounds, and ...
Appalachia (/ ˌ æ p ə ˈ l æ tʃ ə,-l eɪ tʃ ə,-l eɪ ʃ ə /) is a geographic region located in the central and southern sections of the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States.
Southwestern part of Ohio including Dayton, Springfield, public parts of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and areas north and east of the Cincinnati metropolitan area: September 28, 1996: 326: March 8, 2020: 513: Southwest Ohio including Cincinnati: October 1947: 283: April 28, 2023: 419: Northwest and north central Ohio including Toledo ...
Physiographic Map from "Geography of Ohio," published in 1923. During the early 1900s, the study of regional-scale geomorphology was termed "physiography". Physiography later was considered to be a portmanteau of "physical" and "geography", and therefore synonymous with physical geography, and the concept became embroiled in controversy surrounding the appropriate concerns of that discipline.
In preparation for Ohio's statehood, Congress split the Northwest Territory into two sections in 1800. A new territory, Indiana Territory, encompassed all land west of the present Indiana–Ohio border and its northward extension to Lake Superior, except for a wedge-shaped area of present-day Indiana in the southeast known as "the gore". It ...
Historic regions of the United States; Protected areas of Ohio; External links. The Evolution of Ohio (OPLIN) Knepper, George W. (2002). The Official Ohio Lands Book (PDF). The Auditor of the State of Ohio. Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Original Land Subdivisions of Ohio (PDF). ODNR, Division of Geological Survey. Map MG-2. 2003/2006.
The Seven Ranges (also known as the Old Seven Ranges) was a land tract in eastern Ohio that was the first tract to be surveyed in what became the Public Land Survey System. The tract is 42 miles (68 km) across the northern edge, 91 miles (146 km) on the western edge, with the south and east sides along the Ohio River .