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Canal Winchester. / 39.84389°N 82.81194°W / 39.84389; -82.81194. Canal Winchester is a city in Fairfield and Franklin counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The city is a suburb of Columbus. The population was 9,107 at the 2020 census.
The Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal, also known as the P & O Canal, the Cross Cut Canal and the Mahoning Canal, was a shipping canal which operated from 1840 until 1877, though the canal was completely abandoned by 1872. It connected canals in two states, the Ohio and Erie Canal in Ohio and the Beaver and Erie Canal in Pennsylvania, and was funded by private interests.
Winchester flourished because of agriculture and transportation. The Ohio and Erie Canal brought passengers, freight and a means to transport grain to market. The first canal boat floated through Winchester in 1831. The village was named Canal Winchester when the post office was established in 1841, because there were five other locations in the state named Winchester. [5]
U.S. Route 33 ( US 33) is a United States Numbered Highway running from near Elkhart, Indiana, to Richmond, Virginia. Within the state of Ohio, it is a predominantly southeast–northwest highway running from west of Willshire before crossing over into West Virginia via the Ravenswood Bridge over the Ohio River. The route runs through largely rural territory throughout most of the state's west ...
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Police in Ohio are looking for two male suspects in connection with the death of a 29-year-old woman who was thrown from her vehicle as she tried to stop it from being stolen with her sleeping 6 ...
Bergstresser / Dietz Bridge, the last remaining covered bridge in Franklin County, Ohio, United States, is located within the village limits of Canal Winchester, Ohio in southeastern Franklin County. [2] The wooden bridge crosses Little Walnut Creek, which is a tributary of the Scioto River. Although the bridge is in serviceable condition, it ...
July 2, 2024 at 2:03 AM. Canal Winchester's annual Blues and Ribfest will take place from 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, July 26 and noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, July 27. In historic downtown Canal Winchester ...