Columbus, Ohio, USA
1895 - Columbus

Columbus, the capital city of Ohio and the county seat of Franklin co., is situated on the Scioto River, by rail 120 miles N.E. of Cincinnati, 138 miles S.S.W. of Cleveland, 193 miles W. by S. of Pittsburg, 314 miles S.E. of Chicago, and about 350 miles direct, or 487 by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, W. of Washington. Lat. 39° 57' N.; lon. 82° 59' W. The site of Columbus is an elevated plateau, its streets are broad, lighted by gas and electricity, well paved and shaded, and traversed by 50 miles of electric railway, reaching every section of the city. The chief avenues are Broad street, 120 feet wide, running E. and W., and noted for its double rows of shade-trees, and High street, the principal business street, 100 feet wide, nearly 7 miles in length, and traversed by a double-track street-railway. These avenues intersect each other at right angles, and have at their intersection a public square of 10 acres, in which is situated the state capitol, 304 feet long by 184 feet wide, built of limestone quarried in the vicinity. Other state institutions are the Central Insane Asylum, with its grounds of 300 acres, erected at a cost of $1,600,000, and having accommodations for 1100 patients; the Asylum for Imbecile Youth, on a farm of 187 acres; the Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, costing $650,000 and accommodating 500 pupils; and the Institution for the Blind, erected at an expense of about $500,000. Here also are the United States government buildings, which contain the post-office, the United States courts, and the pension offices; the Ohio Penitentiary, adapted to the requirements of 2500 prisoners; and the Ohio State University, in a tract of 340 acres, with 70 teachers and about 800 students...

The city is divided into 19 wards, and is governed by a mayor, board of public works, and council. Pop, in 1820, 1450; in 1840, 6048; in 1860, 18,554; in 1870, 31,274; in 1880, 51,647; in 1890, 88,150.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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