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Lima, Peru's capital city
- The Ohio legislature mandated that a county seat be established and "Lima" was the result. Lima was named after Lima, Peru's capital city.
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Named the Lima, the engine was used on construction of the county's first railroad, the Ohio and Indiana. East-west passenger service to Lima began in 1856, when the Ohio & Indiana consolidated with the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago. North-south passenger service began in 1858 on the Dayton & Michigan Railroad.
Mar 15, 2024 · Lima, city, seat (1831) of Allen county, northwestern Ohio, U.S. The city is situated on the Ottawa River, about 90 miles (145 km) northwest of Columbus. It was laid out in 1831, and its name (from Lima, Peru) is said to have been chosen from among several possibilities that were drawn from a hat.
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History of Lima. Native Americans probably began migrating through the area as long ago as 10,000 years, and many camped here for short periods of time over the years, but the first sustained settlements were the large Seneca villages of the late 1500’s through the 1600’s. Since the Seneca abandoned and rebuilt their palisaded villages ...
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Nov 5, 2015 · Examples include Versailles, named after Versailles, the city in France…Lima named after Lima, the city in Peru… Toledo named after Toledo in Spain, and, my personal favorite, Russia, which is actually spelled like Russia, but somehow we get ‘roo-shi’ from that. But, good news!
Mar 21, 2019 · For many cities and towns across the U.S. that have Old World European names, their pronunciation doesn't quite match with the namesake. Linguist Amelia Tseng helps explain why that might be the...
Lima was founded in 1831 as a county seat which was mandated by the Ohio legislature. It got its name from Patrick G. Goode, who was a judge. He insisted on the Spanish pronunciation "Lee-mah" after the capital city of Peru , but the pronunciation — "Lye-mah" — won.
Discovery of Oil. With the discovery of oil in Lima in 1885, Ohio began what came to be called the “Oil Boom of Northwest Ohio.” Discovery actually began in Findlay 40 miles north of Lima.
