OHIO. 





Population. 



Chief Towng, 



2,674 



Wilmington. 



3 486 



Franklinton. 



9,965 



Williamsburg. 



9,925 



Lebanon. 



5,870 



Xenia. 



6,303 



Urbana. 



3,941 



Troy. 



. 



Greenville. 



3,304 



Eaton. 



7,722 



Dayton. 



11,150 



Hamilton. -' 



15,258 



Cincinnati. 



3,852 



Newark. 



7,124 



Circleville. 



474 



Counties. 

 Clinton, 

 Franklin, 

 Clermont, 

 Warren, 

 Green, . 

 Champaign, . 

 Miami, 

 Darke, . 

 Preble, . 

 Montgomery, 

 Butler, . 

 Hamilton, 

 Licking, 

 Pickaway, 



Rivers. ...The Muskingham is a gentle river, confined by banks 

 so high as to prevent its overflowing. It is 250 yards wide at its con- 

 fluence with the Ohio, and navigable by large bateaux and barges 

 110 miles, to the Three Legs, and by small ones to the lake at its 

 head. The Hockhocking resembles the Muskingham, though some- 

 what inferior in size. It is navigable 70 miles. The Sciota is a largei* 

 river than either of the preceding, and opens a more extensive na- 

 vigation. Its current is generally gentle. It is bordered by some of 

 the richest flats in the state, which are often inundated by the spring 

 freshes. It is navigable to Franklinton for keel boats, of 10 tons, 

 and those of less burden ascend it, near 200 miles, to a landing only 

 four miles distant from the river Sandusky of lake Erie. The Sciota 

 has many tributary streams. The Great and Little Miami are consi- 

 derable streams. These rivers all discharge their waters into the 

 Ohio. The Warpee, Miami of the Lake, Sandusky, and Huron, 

 are all large rivers discharging into lake Erie. The smaller rivers 

 of lake Erie are, the Black, Portage, Vermillion, Rock, Cayahoga, 

 Elk, Grand, Ebouille, and Coneaut. 



Face of the country, soil. ...The Ohio river washes the south- 

 ern border of this state for more than 400 miles. Its valley is from a 

 half, to two miles in width, and the river in most of its course flows 

 obliquely from one range of hills to the other. Hence the interval 

 ©r bottom lands are generally, on either side of the river, alternately 

 wide and narrow. Most of these bottoms are so high as not to be 

 overflown except by extraordinary floods. They are generally highest 

 near the river, declining gently to the hill. Their composition is 

 loam, with beds of clay, sand, and, in many places, immense strata of 

 gravel and pebbles ; the whole covered with a thick layer of mould — 

 the accumulated recrements of successive crops of vegetables. Most 

 of the other rivers and small streams, except in the south-east por- 

 tions of the state, have formed similar vallies. The ascent from the 

 interval grounds of the Ohio to the uplands is perhaps on an average 

 300 feet. These uplands in the south-east quarter of the state are 

 for 30 or 40 miles back from the river, too hilly for easy cultivation ; 

 but are said to be sufficiently fertile to form good pastures. In the 

 south-west quarter, the belt of hills is generally narrow, and many 

 fine farms already overlook the Ohio. The middle and northern por- 

 tions of the state are level. The region common to the waters of 

 the Ohio and the lake is remarkable for its flatness and total exempt 



