35,442
73%
$89,945
48.6%
America/New_York
43230
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Gahanna, OH - History
We would like to provide the residents of Gahanna a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Gahanna Home page. The Gahanna Home page provides as much information as possible on Gahanna. Knowing Gahanna’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Gahanna’s Home page, you will also find Gahanna’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Gahanna has a population of 35442. 46.7% of Gahanna’s inhabitants are Male, and 53.3 are female. 55.1% of Gahanna is married and 72.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $228,196, and the average rent is $1,153. Household median income in Gahanna is $89,945, and the individual median income is $42,286. Gahanna’s Ethnic is the following: White(80.3%), Black(12.6%), Asian(3.3%), Hispanic(2.9%), Multiple(2.9%), Other(0.6%), Native(0.1%), Pacific(0.1%).
Gahanna was founded along the Big Walnut Creek in 1849 by John Clark of Ross County from 800 acres (320 ha) of land that his father, Joseph Clark, had purchased from Governor Worthington in 1814. Clark named his property the Gahanna Plantation, from which the City of Gahanna derives its name. The name Gahanna is derived from a Native American word for three creeks joining into one and is the former name of the Big Walnut Creek.
The City of Gahanna's Official Seal refers to this confluence of three creeks with the inscription "Three In One". Gahanna maintained a considerable rivalry with the adjacent village of Bridgeport. Located directly across Granville Street from Gahanna and also along the banks of the Big Walnut Creek, Bridgeport was founded in 1853 by Jesse Baughman, a former Franklin County Commissioner.
The two villages eventually put aside their differences and merged into one. They adopted the name Gahanna as there was already another village in Ohio called Bridgeport. In March 1881, 55 citizens of Gahanna petitioned Franklin County to incorporate the village. The incorporation was granted in June and was recorded on August 8, 1881.
The now-incorporated village then held its first mayoral election and on October 6, 1881, swore in its first mayor, L. John Neiswander.On January 7, 1994, United Express Flight 6291 crashed in Gahanna, killing five of the eight people on board.
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