New Garden, Ohio
| New Garden, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  New Garden | |
| Coordinates: 40°47′43″N 80°55′34″W / 40.79528°N 80.92611°WCoordinates: 40°47′43″N 80°55′34″W / 40.79528°N 80.92611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Columbiana |
| Township | Hanover |
| Elevation | 1,286 ft (392 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 44423 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1057866[1] |
New Garden is an unincorporated community in Hanover Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.[1]
New Garden is located on Ohio State Route 172, 9 mi (14 km) west of Lisbon.
History
Quaker missionary Stephen Grellet passed through New Garden in 1824, and wrote in his memoirs that he was under "great depression of body and mind", mentioning the "powers of anti-Christ" and that many in the New Garden Quaker community "are among those who are carried away by the spirit of infidelity".[2]
An auxiliary of the American Anti-Slavery Society was formed in New Garden in 1834.[3]
In 1848, African-American abolitionist and author Martin Delany traveled through the community to report on the struggles of free blacks, and wrote of the "'respectable and praiseworthy' black farmers of New Garden, Ohio".[4]
A 28 ft (8.5 m) long covered bridge, built in 1978, is located in Eagle Pass Golf Course in New Garden.[5]
Recreation
Guilford Lake State Park is 2.5 mi (4.0 km) east of New Garden, and Zeppernick Wildlife Area is 3 mi (4.8 km) west.
Notable person
- Robert B. Wood, awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Civil War.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "New Garden". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ Grellet, Staphen (1860). Memoirs of the Life and Gospel Labours of Stephen Grellet. Bennett. p. 164.
- ↑ Foster, Emily (2002). American Grit: A Woman's Letters from the Ohio Frontier. University Press of Kentucky. p. 156.
- ↑ Levine, Robert S. (1997). Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and the Politics of Representative Identity. University of North Carolina Press. p. 35.
- ↑ Travis, Dale (June 6, 2014). "Ohio Covered Bridges List". Dale J. Travis.
- ↑ "Robert B. Wood". Military Times. Retrieved July 2014.
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