Growth of Canal Towns and Cities

along the Ohio Canals

Town Population 1820 Population
1840
Population
1857
Akron 700 n/a 4,000
Chillicothe 2,416 n/a 10,000
Cincinnati 2,602 46,338 200,000
Circleville 500 n/a 3,500
Cleveland 400 6,071 60,000
Columbus 1,400 6,048 25,000
Dayton 1,139 6,067 16,000
Hamilton 600 n/a 4,000
Newark 700 n/a 4,000
Portsmouth 500 1,000 in 1830 5,000
Toledo 500 1,322 14,000
Zanesville 2,000 n/a 12,000
State

Population 1800

Population 1810

Population 1820

Population 1850

Ohio 45,365 230,760 581,295 1,980,329

Copyright © 1997 Wendy J. Adkins

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