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Capital University was founded on June 3, 1830, as the Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Ohio in Canton, Ohio, 40 years before the founding of Ohio State University, making it the oldest university in Central Ohio. It moved to downtown Columbus in 1832.
In 1874, the Ohio General Assembly instead strongly supported the new Ohio State University created by the Morrill Act in Columbus and proposed that both Ohio and Miami be demoted to preparatory schools.
This plot of land was chosen to be the capital due to its central location and accessibility to transportation. By the 1830s, the city grew significantly after becoming accessible to the Ohio and Erie canal, and then the Cumberland National Road in 1836 that reached all the way to Maryland.
- 100 E Campus View Blvd, Columbus, 43235, OH
- (380) 390-2701
Capital University's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities Midwest, #47. Its tuition and fees are $41,788. Located in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, Capital ...
- 1 College and Main, Columbus, 43209, OH
- 06142 366 011
May 18, 2024 · History. Columbus, Ohio. Columbus was planned in 1812 as a political centre by the Ohio legislature and was named for Christopher Columbus. The state government moved to the city in 1816 from Chillicothe, and Columbus later absorbed the nearby earlier settlement of Franklinton (founded 1797).
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By virtue of the Morrill Act of 1862, the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College – which eventually became the Ohio State University – was founded in 1870 on the former estate of William and Hannah Neil. Central Market, pictured here in 1898, operated from 1814 to 1966.
Founded in 1871 on the northern outskirts of Columbus, the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College was Ohio's land-grant college, and thus received the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. In 1878, the college expanded its offerings and changed its name to Ohio State University .
