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Originally part of Orange County, then successively Augusta (1738), Botetourt (1770), and Rockbridge (1777) Counties, the city of Lexington was founded in 1778 as the new county seat of Rockbridge. In a revolutionary fervor, the local political elites named the new town after the site of the famous Revolutionary War battle.
The name was taken from Grafschaft Schaumburg (Schaumburg County) in Germany, then a part of Hessen-Kassel, now in Lower Saxony. Most of the township's German settlers were from Schaumburg; many were born in the parish of Apelern .
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A growing animal husbandry industry established Franklin County as one of Virginia’s leading dairy producers. Industrialization. The late 19th century saw increasing industrialization. With the entry of the Norfolk and Western railroad in 1892, the "Punkin Vine" route through the County provided new access for industry.
Brooke County was formed from Ohio in 1797 and Tyler was established in 1814. With the creation of Marshall County in 1836, further cessions from Ohio County came to an end. For a better understanding of county boundary changes, see our new section Virginia in Maps. Iberian also has hundreds of titles in e book (PDF) format!!
The Village of Schaumburg was incorporated on March 7, 1956, but the heritage of Schaumburg dates back to the much earlier times when the first inhabitants of the area were members of the Sauk, Fox, Pottawatomie, and Kickapoo Indian tribes. By the mid-nineteenth century, settlers first began to arrive from Germany and the eastern United States.
Schaumburg, IL. 25 miles NW of the Loop. Schaumburg differs from many of the other northwestern suburban towns in that itdid not start around a railroad depot. The area, which was very marshy, attracted its first settlers from eastern states in the mid-1830s. Trum- bull Kent of Oswego County, New York, was the first Yankee arrival.
Located just 30 miles outside Chicago and about 11 miles west of O’Hare International Airport, Schaumburg is the premier suburban business destination in Illinois. In the past 60 years, with vision and thoughtful planning, Schaumburg has transformed from a small farming community into a thriving economic center that is home to more business ...
