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Amesville, OH - History


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Welcome to the Amesville Home page. The Amesville Home page provides as much information as possible on Amesville. Knowing Amesville’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Amesville’s Home page, you will also find Amesville’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Amesville has a population of 135. 43% of Amesville’s inhabitants are Male, and 57 are female. 63.2% of Amesville is married and 91.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $97,594. Household median income in Amesville is $54,167, and the individual median income is $28,036. Amesville’s Ethnic is the following: White(100%).


Amesville was laid out in 1837. The village derives its name from Fisher Ames who was instrumental in gaining federal support for the Ohio Company of Associates which managed much of the settlement in the area.Amesville is perhaps best known for the Coonskin Library. At an 1803 town meeting—held to discuss roads—settlers talked about their desire for books and their lack of money to pay for them.


Most of the business was done by barter, so little money was in circulation. However, the surrounding forest had pelts that could be sold in the East to buy books. In the spring of 1804, Samuel B. Brown was given the pelts and, accompanied by Ephraim Cutler, went east to bring back books for the town.


Fifty-one books—mostly on religion, travel, biography and history—were purchased for $73.50. These books were passed from home to home until Ephraim Cutler was elected librarian in 1804. The original books can be found at the Ohio Historical Society, as well as Ohio University's Alden Library. A commemorative marker, placed by the Nabby Lee Ames D.A.R.


Chapter of Athens in 1925, is located near the Community Bank on State Street. The Coonskin Library Museum opened in May 1994 in the former cafeteria of the Amesville Grade School. A post office called Amesville has been in operation since 1820.


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