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59-605: Source : The Green Meadows Conference was formed as an athletic conference in 1962. The charter members of the conference were Ayersville , Fairview , Hicksville , Paulding , and Jewell (now Tinora). In 1966, Blue Creek , from Paulding County and now a part of the Wayne Trace School District, joined the conference. Then in 1967, Oakwood joined. The conference stayed intact until 1972, when district consolidations in Paulding County caused some changes in

118-736: A disgruntled Tecumseh, who had not signed the Treaty of Greenville, to reform the Confederacy at Prophetstown over the following decade. Unrest among the tribes culminated in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, a major defeat for indigenous nations that may have contributed to their siding with the British in the War of 1812 . The Treaty of Greenville closed the frontier in the Northwest Territory . Thereafter began

177-434: A female householder with no husband present, 29.6% were non-families, and 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.99. The median age was 40.0 years. The median income for a household in the county was $ 46,459 and the median income for a family was $ 56,170. Males had a median income of $ 38,656 versus $ 27,182 for females. The per capita income for

236-480: A female householder with no husband present, and 26.80% were non-families. 23.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.06. In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.80% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 28.00% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 12.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

295-552: A library. Carnegie also matched funds to purchase the pipe organ in the Paulding Methodist Church. Judge Calvin L. Noble of Paulding County spent the better part of his life as a Paulding County resident. His claim to fame is that he changed the name of the city of Cleaveland, Ohio to Cleveland . Earlier in life, as a printer, he founded the Cleaveland Advertiser . As the name was slightly too long to fit atop

354-658: A mile wide, known as the Wayne Trace . His campaign culminated in a decisive 1794 victory by the Legion of the United States against Indians led by Chief Little Turtle of the nearby Maumee, Ohio in the Battle of Fallen Timbers , and signing of the Treaty of Greenville in 1795. Paulding County was originally part of territory set aside for Ohio's Indian people by the Treaty of Greenville , though that did not last long. Paulding County

413-608: A number of local government units in Ohio. With students from kindergarten to high school at one location, the Paulding campus of PEVS is one of the largest schools in the state. The Paulding County motto of "No Compromise" came from a banner carried by participants in the Reservoir War . Paulding County was the first county in the US to receive funding from steel magnate Andrew Carnegie to build

472-628: A series of purchases of indigenous peoples' lands by treaty and Indigenous tribe removals by law throughout the territory and its successors, interrupted briefly by the War of 1812. Indians were moved west of the Mississippi River to Indian Country reservations in what later became the state of Oklahoma in a process that culminated with the dismantling of the Great Miami Reserve in Indiana by treaties in

531-567: A sliver of land called "The Gore" in what is today southeastern Indiana remaining as part of the Northwest Territory. "The Gore" was ceded to Indiana Territory at that time, and became Dearborn County in March 1803. Meriwether Lewis and William Henry Harrison were both present at the treaty signing. The former would go on to launch the Lewis and Clark Expedition with William Clark in 1804, and

590-574: Is water. The center of the county is 723 feet above sea level, and the rest of the county does not vary much from that. The land is the most level of any county in the state, and plats look like a checkerboard, with roads every mile. This level terrain resulted in Paulding County being entirely within the Great Black Swamp , unlike any other. The county contains U.S. Routes 127 , 24 , and 30 (the Lincoln Highway). There are two major rivers,

649-522: The Auglaize and the Maumee , as well as numerous small creeks. The largest bodies of water are manmade ponds. As of the census of 2000, there were 20,293 people, 7,773 households, and 5,689 families living in the county. The population density was 49 people per square mile (19 people/km ). There were 8,478 housing units at an average density of 20 units per square mile (7.7/km ). The racial makeup of

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708-676: The Battle of Fallen Timbers in August 1794, and subsequent scorched earth tactics, General Wayne had courted the favor of several key leaders within the Western Confederacy . Wayne brought food supplies, and material for crops and promised to continue delivering new supplies. Blue Jacket , the Shawnee war chief who had led the Native American force at Fallen Timbers, encouraged others to accept Wayne's offered terms for peace. Tarhe declared that

767-604: The Jay Treaty , between the Americans and the British, and what that would mean on the western frontier, ensuring that Great Britain in northern Canada ( Quebec and Ontario ]), would no longer be providing additional aid, supplies, firearms and ammunition to the Native Americans. Tarhe confirmed that previous treaties had been signed by chiefs who were at Greenville and warned his fellow Indigenous tribal leaders that Wayne had

826-753: The Pacific Ocean and returning. Native Americans leaders who signed the Fort Greenville treaty included leaders of these bands and tribes: Wyandot (chiefs Tarhe , Roundhead , and Leatherlips ), Delaware (several bands including Chief Buckongahelas ). Shawnee (chiefs Blue Jacket and Black Hoof ), Ottawa (several bands, including Egushawa ), Chippewa , Potawatomi (23 signatories, including Gomo , Siggenauk , Black Partridge , Topinabee , and Five Medals ), Miami (including Jean Baptiste Richardville , White Loon , and Little Turtle ), Wea , Kickapoo , and Kaskaskia . Following their defeat at

885-525: The Treaty of Fort McIntosh , Treaty of Fort Finney , and Treaty of Fort Harmar , but Little Turtle countered that the Miami Tribe were not party to these treaties and would not recognize them, and that they were invalid because they were made with people who had no original right to the lands that they had sold. General Wayne revealed to the chiefs that the U.S. Senate in Washington had recently ratified

944-524: The Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolution in 1783 allowed the British to remain in the Northwest Territory until matters were resolved with the Indians. General Washington sent General "Mad" Anthony Wayne to subdue the native population. He built a series of forts, including Fort Brown, located between Charloe and Melrose. In order to defend against Indian ambush, he cut a swath of woods

1003-474: The Treaty with the Wyandots, etc. , but formally titled A treaty of peace between the United States of America, and the tribes of Indians called the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanees, Ottawas, Chippewas, Pattawatimas, Miamis, Eel Rivers, Weas, Kickapoos, Piankeshaws, and Kaskaskias was a 1795 treaty between the United States and indigenous nations of the Northwest Territory (now Midwestern United States ), including

1062-556: The United States Senate on December 22, 1795. The treaty consisted of ten articles. The treaty established what became known as the Greenville Treaty Line , as delineated below. For several years, it distinguished Native American territory from lands open to European-American settlers, who, however, continued to encroach. In exchange for goods to the value of $ 20,000 (such as blankets, utensils, and domestic animals),

1121-634: The Virginia Military District , Symmes Purchase , and two Ohio Company purchases, all in eastern and southern Ohio, as well as the line of western forts built by Wayne through Fort Recovery along the Great Miami River valley. The boundary line would need to encompass all those territories, covering about two thirds of Ohio Country. The treaty line began at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River in present-day Cleveland and ran south along

1180-635: The Wabash River near the present-day boundary between Ohio and Indiana . From Fort Recovery, the line ran south-southwest to the Ohio River at a point opposite the mouth of the Kentucky River in present-day Carrollton, Kentucky . Rufus Putnam , who had been appointed by George Washington as surveyor general of the United States, surveyed and marked the Treaty Line. There were also other forts along

1239-637: The Wyandot and Delaware peoples , that redefined the boundary between indigenous peoples' lands and territory for European American community settlement. It was signed at Fort Greenville , now Greenville, Ohio , on August 3, 1795, following the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers a year earlier in August 1794. It ended the Northwest Indian War of 1785-1795 in the Ohio Country of

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1298-433: The poverty line , including 9.50% of those under age 18 and 7.10% of those age 65 or over. As of the 2010 United States Census , there were 19,614 people, 7,769 households, and 5,467 families living in the county. The population density was 47.1 inhabitants per square mile (18.2/km ). There were 8,749 housing units at an average density of 21.0 units per square mile (8.1 units/km ). The racial makeup of

1357-575: The 1830s. By 1840, the Old Northwest was essentially clear of indigenous peoples. Future conflicts would all be west of the Mississippi. The treaty line would become the southwestern boundary of the Northwest Territory at its division in 1800. Upon Ohio statehood in 1803, the western boundary of Ohio ran due north from a place on the Ohio River somewhat east of the south-southwesterly treaty line, leaving

1416-530: The 2021-2022 school year. 2021 2022 Paulding County, Ohio Paulding County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio . As of the 2020 census , the population was about 18,806. Its county seat is Paulding . The county was created in 1820 and later organized in 1839. It is named for John Paulding , one of the captors of Major John André in the American Revolutionary War . The Ottawa tribe of Native Americans were

1475-458: The American federal government delegation. Other members included William Wells (c.1770-1812), William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), (future first Governor of Indiana Territory (1801-1812), U.S. Representative (congressman) and later U.S. Senator from Ohio , and ninth President , served March-April 1841), Caleb Swan (1758-1809), William Clark (1770-1838), and Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) -

1534-672: The GMC to join the Northwest Conference . They were replaced by Edgerton . Membership remained the same until the 2019-20 school year. In February 2020, it was announced that Holgate would join the Buckeye Border Conference as a member for every sport except football, which will participate in the Northern 8 Football Conference . Holgate announced in late 2019 that they would move to 8-man football due to low numbers, which caused

1593-516: The Great Lakes, such as Fort Miamis and other forts in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio that the British had agreed to cede to the United States in the 1783 Treaty of Paris but had yet to evacuate. In Indiana, there was the Vincennes Tract , Clark's Grant , and the settlement at Ouiatenon to protect. The treaty also permitted established US Army posts and allocated strategic reserved tracts within

1652-606: The Indian Country to the north and the west of the ceded lands, the most important of which was the future site of Fort Dearborn (now Downtown Chicago ) on Lake Michigan . Other American lands within Indian Country included Fort Detroit , Ouiatenon , Fort Wayne , Fort Miami , and Fort Sandusky . The treaty exempted established settlements at St. Vincennes, General Clark's grant, various French settlements , and Fort Massac from relinquishment. The United States renounced all claims to indigenous peoples' lands not within

1711-503: The Native American tribes ceded to the United States large parts of modern-day Ohio . The treaty also established the "annuity" system of payment in return for Native American cessions of land east of the treaty line. Yearly grants of federal money and supplies of calico cloth to Native American tribes. That institutionalized continuing government influence in tribal affairs and gave outsiders considerable control over Native American life. The treaty redefined with slight modifications

1770-642: The Wabash and Erie Canal went west into Indiana, meeting the Miami and Erie in Junction, a community in Auglaize township. The canal excitement was so great that people were leaving Fort Wayne, Indiana for Junction, feeling that it had a much brighter future. Canal workers choosing Paulding County as their tax home built the county's population to 25,000 people in 1835, a number it has never approached since. The combined canal system

1829-581: The boundaries in Ohio established previously by the Treaty of Fort McIntosh in 1785 and reasserted in the Treaty of Fort Harmar in 1789. In particular, the western boundary, which formerly ran northwesterly to the Maumee River , now ran southerly to the Ohio River . Ohio had developed settlements and defined tracts of land prior to 1795, including the Western Reserve , the Seven Ranges survey area,

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1888-436: The boundary and punishing transgressions. After the signing of the treaty, the so-called "peace chiefs"—such as Little Turtle —who advocated for cooperation with the United States, were roundly criticized by Shawnee chief Tecumseh , who stated that the peace chiefs had given away land that they did not own. Tecumseh fought against the Americans during the War of 1812 and was killed in battle in 1813. The negotiated peace

1947-542: The canals as the primary means of long-haul travel. A relic of this era is the Furnace Farm near Cecil. Ore was brought in by canal, where it was turned into iron using the ample local fuel. One furnace remains, where it was allowed to cool without being emptied, there being no point in pouring iron that could not be shipped economically to market. Built in the 1910s, the Paulding County Carnegie Library

2006-401: The county was $ 20,919. About 8.6% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 17.6% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over. Paulding County is a Republican stronghold county in presidential elections. Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 was the last Democratic candidate to win the county. In the 1980 Senate election , while Democrat John Glenn won

2065-472: The county was 95.7% white, 0.9% black or African American, 0.3% American Indian, 0.2% Asian, 1.3% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 4.3% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 40.1% were German , 10.5% were Irish , 10.4% were English , and 10.4% were American . Of the 7,769 households, 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.1% were married couples living together, 9.2% had

2124-405: The county was 95.85% White , 0.96% Black or African American , 0.29% Native American , 0.15% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 1.41% from other races , and 1.33% from two or more races. 3.02% of the population were Hispanic or Latino . There were 7,773 households, out of which 34.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.90% were married couples living together, 8.10% had

2183-596: The end of the American frontier in the eastern United States , in that part of the old Northwest Territory that would become the new state of Ohio and other adjacent future federal territories and future states around the Great Lakes and further west to the Mississippi River . General "Mad Anthony" Wayne (1745-1796), who had led the newly-organized United States Army victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers and led

2242-465: The last to break the treaty, even though he disagreed with the terms. The day after the Treaty of Greenville was signed, Little Turtle's wife died in camp. She was carried to a grave by U.S. Army soldiers and given a three-gun salute of typical American military ceremonies. The treaty was signed back in the temporary United States federal national capital city of Philadelphia , by first President George Washington and submitted and later ratified by

2301-689: The last two to become more famous a decade later (and for the subsequent two and quarter centuries), leading the Lewis and Clark exploring expedition (Corps of Discovery) of 1804-1806, into the new western Louisiana Purchase of 1803, up the Missouri River across the Great Plains , through the passes of the Rocky Mountains , to the Pacific Northwest region and the West Coast of North America on

2360-589: The latter would later become the 9th President of the United States in 1841. Fort Greenville was abandoned in 1796; it would be another 12 years before the settlement of Greenville, Ohio , was founded on the site. It was the last treaty signed by Gen. Wayne, who died just over a year later, in December 1796. A painting commemorating the treaty hangs in the Ohio Statehouse . It was completed by Ohio artist Howard Chandler Christy . At 23 feet (7.0 m) wide, it

2419-479: The make-up of some member schools. Blue Creek became a part of the new Wayne Trace School District, along with Grover Hill and Payne. Oakwood became a part of the Paulding Exempted School System. Antwerp and Holgate also joined the league making the number of members eight: Antwerp , Ayersville , Hicksville , Holgate , Fairview , Paulding , Tinora , and Wayne Trace . In 1974, Paulding left

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2478-411: The military power to take all of their lands if they did not negotiate. Little Turtle and the Miami remained the lone dissent in the natives' confederacy. At a private council between Wayne and Little Turtle on August 12, Wayne argued that the Miami chief was standing against the will of the confederacy majority. Little Turtle reluctantly signed, stating that he was the last to sign, and would therefore be

2537-492: The old Northwest Territory (1787-1803), and limited Indian country to remaining lands of northwestern Ohio, and began the practice of annual payments of goods, supplies and food, following the land concessions. The parties to the treaty were a coalition of Native American tribes known as the Western Confederacy , and the United States government represented by new United States Army General Anthony Wayne (1745-1796), and local frontiersmen. The treaty became synonymous with

2596-580: The page, he omitted the one letter. Paulding County was the last county in the United States with no providers offering coverage through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act policies on the government's health insurance exchange . In August 2017, CareSources announced plans to sell healthcare through the exchange. 41°07′N 84°35′W  /  41.12°N 84.58°W  / 41.12; -84.58 Treaty of Greenville The Treaty of Greenville , also known to Americans as

2655-612: The prevalent occupants of the region before Europeans arrived in North America following the 1492 expedition of Christopher Columbus . By 1750, however, there were Miamis , Prankaahaws, Delawares, Shawnee, Kickapoos, Muscounteres, Huron, Weas, Wyandotts and Mohawks. Under the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the Continental Congress opened what is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin to settlement. However,

2714-589: The remaining schools in the Green Meadows Conference to vote them out of the GMC over scheduling concerns. The Tigers joined the BBC in the fall of 2021. With Holgate's departure, the GMC decided to extend an invitation to former member Paulding in February 2020, which was accepted shortly afterwards. Paulding, which had been a member of the Northwest Conference ever since leaving the GMC in 1974, rejoined during

2773-583: The river to the portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers in what is now Akron , then through the Portage Lakes area between Akron and Canton . The line continued down the Tuscarawas to Fort Laurens , near present-day Bolivar . From there, the line ran west-southwest to near present-day Fort Loramie on a branch of the Great Miami River . From there, the line ran west-northwest to Fort Recovery on

2832-445: The rural countryside, where they could be dumped without being seen. The sheriff argued that they were not local people, not murdered locally, and it was not worth spending large sums of tax dollars on what was essentially a littering problem. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 419 square miles (1,090 km ), of which 416 square miles (1,080 km ) is land and 2.4 square miles (6.2 km ) (0.6%)

2891-459: The state by 40 points, Paulding County was the only county he lost, by 5.5 points, after winning it by 24 points in his previous election where he carried all counties. However, the county would back Glenn again in his last two elections in 1986 and 1992 . In 1971, the Ohio Board of Education revoked the charters of Payne, Blue Creek, Grover Hill and Auglaize-Brown school districts. Blue Creek

2950-413: The treaty line in Ohio or parcels exempted. The indigenous groups were obliged to recognize the United States as the sole sovereign power in the entire territory, but the local peoples would otherwise have free use of their own lands as long as they were kindly disposed to American settlers. The treaty also arranged for an exchange of prisoners and specified the parties that would be responsible for enforcing

3009-472: The victory at Fallen Timbers was evidence that the Great Spirit favored the newly-arrived white men from across the mountains to the east and ocean, called Americans. Opposition to the United States was led by Little Turtle who, ironically, had advised against engaging Wayne at Fallen Timbers. For a week, Wayne urged the native tribes to accept peace based on previous terms given at the earlier agreements of

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3068-436: The winter by crafting barrel staves with an adze. George Washington had promoted the construction of canals to provide interior transportation for the fledgling nation. Once the Erie Canal was opened in 1825, entrepreneurs promoted other canals, including the Miami and Erie Canal and the Wabash and Erie Canal . The Miami and Erie ran from Lake Erie to the Little Miami River near Cincinnati , through Paulding County, and

3127-413: Was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.40 males. The median income for a household in the county was $ 40,327, and the median income for a family was $ 45,481. Males had a median income of $ 35,809 versus $ 21,965 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 18,062. About 4.90% of families and 7.70% of the population were below

3186-494: Was itself the merger of Latty and Haviland schools only a few years prior. Payne, Blue Creek, and Grover Hill merged to form the Wayne Trace school district, and Auglaize-Brown joined Paulding Exempted Village Schools. In the late 1950s, Paulding Exempted Village Schools enacted a pay-as-you-go tax for school construction, designed to reduce overall taxes by paying cash for school construction rather than paying high interest rates on bonds. The pay-as-you-go concept has been adopted in

3245-411: Was only temporary. Anthony Wayne who promised to protect the treaty would die a year later. A Spanish spy James Wilkinson would take command of his army. Continuing encroachments by settlers on Indian Country north and west of the treaty line (and of future treaty lines established by the Treaty of Vincennes , Treaty of Grouseland , and Treaty of Fort Wayne of 1809 ), especially in Indiana, would lead

3304-428: Was organized by the legislature on April 1, 1820, from lands that were formerly part of Williams County . At that point, it consisted of 12 perfectly square townships. In 1845, Defiance County was formed from lands that were part of Williams County, plus the northern half of Auglaize Township. It was at this time that four sections of Emerald Township were transferred to Auglaize Township. Settlement of Paulding County

3363-441: Was slow, due to the difficult living conditions. Farmers complained that they grew two crops a year - frogs and ice. Many residents suffered from the ague, a disease later determined to be malaria . The primary industries were based on the thick forests. Many timbers were floated up the Maumee River to be used as ship's masts . The trees were so large that one man lived in a hollow tree. There were also many who earned money through

3422-411: Was the first Carnegie library to serve an entire county instead of a single city. In addition to the library, Andrew Carnegie matched local funds to install a pipe organ in what is now known as Paulding United Methodist Church. In the early 20th century, Paulding had the highest unsolved murder rate of any county in the USA. The Purple Gang was thought to be exporting the corpses of their victims to

3481-408: Was the largest canal system in the world, but was profitable for only a short period. The canal was useless in winter, and the banks were constantly caving in, requiring constant dredging to remain passable. To protect the banks, canal boats had to operate at extremely slow speed. The canal system started being abandoned even before it was completely built. The coming of the railroad quickly supplanted

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