Canal Fulton

History

Canal Fulton traces its history to three villages that developed along the Tuscarawas River. Milan was platted on March 23, 1814, by Matthew Rowland who arrived by ox team. It was the first settlement west of the Tuscarawas River in Stark County. Fulton was platted on May 16, 1826, changed its name to Canal Fulton in 1832, and later incorporated as a village. The present name is an amalgamation of the Ohio Canal and the name of a local pioneer, Ben Fulton. In 1843, President John Quincy Adams visited. The land that would become Canal Fulton was part of broader territories shared between several Native American tribes, including Wyandot, Lenape (Delaware), Shawnee, Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwe (Chippewa), Potawatomi, Miami, Eel River, Wea, Kickapoo, Piankishaw, Munsee, and Kaskaskia. The United States pressed these nations to cede territory to the west of the Tuscarawas in 1785 and to the east in 1805, paving the way for settlers like Rowland to claim divisions. The Treaty of Fort McIntosh in 1785 claimed land west of the Ohio to the Tuscarawas from Wyandot, Delaware, Shawnee, Ottawa, Chippewa, Potawatomi, Miami, Eel River, Wea, Kickapoo, Piankishaw, and Kaskaskia Native Americans. The Land Ordinance of 1785 set the precedent for the division and distribution of these lands. With the Treaty of Fort Industry in July 4, 1805, Wyandot, Ottawa, Chippewa, Munsee, Delaware, Shawnee, and Potawatomi land east of the Tuscarawas was claimed by the United States and made open to white settlers. With the Treaty of Maumee Rapids in 1817 and the Treaty of St. Mary’s in 1818, all lands in Ohio were claimed by the United States. In the County of Stark just outside the Connecticut Western Reserve, on lands known as the Congress Lands, frontier life was dangerous and difficult. Settlers…

Geography

Canal Fulton is located along the Tuscarawas River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  18,609
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  15,396
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  14,990
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  12,436
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  12,357
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,998
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  11,295
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,053

Most recent

• M 3 — 2024-03-30
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• M 2.6 — 2021-11-19
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• M 2.6 — 2021-10-28
  1 km NW of Sherrodsville, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2019-12-07
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