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Norwalk

Ohio, United States

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Norwalk, city, seat (1818) of Huron county, northern Ohio, U.S., about 60 miles (100 km) west-southwest of Cleveland. It was originally part of the Western Reserve known as the Sufferers’ Lands, or Firelands, set aside in 1792 for Connecticut residents whose homes were burned by loyalists during the American Revolution. The settlement was founded by Platt Benedict in 1817 and named for Norwalk, Conn. Many Classic Revival-style houses, built in the early 19th century by New England settlers, survive. The Firelands Museum, formerly Preston Wickham House (1836), contains Indian and pioneer relics. Rutherford B. Hayes, later U.S. president, attended Norwalk ...(100 of 152 words)

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