Lincoln Village

History

Ohio Farm Bureau Federation President and CEO Murray Lincoln had aspired to create a suburban "village" since the early 1940s. Lincoln, as the head of what would become Nationwide Insurance from 1920 to 1948, initiated work on the Lincoln Village project in the early 1950s with the support of the U.S. Cooperative Movement. Lincoln was able to "sell" the Cooperative ideology to Ohio individual farmers, and viewed co-ops as "an answer to Communism in Europe and Asia, and as a balance wheel against unfettered private enterprise in the U.S." After founding several co-op and non co-op enterprises, Lincoln was able to fund the development of Lincoln Village with assets made from these corporations (which totaled $133,510,000). Lincoln's People's Development Corporation was formed to build Lincoln Village. The price of this project was about $30,000,000 USD. The plan for Lincoln Village included of streets, sewers, a pumping station, and a million-gallon water pump. Lincoln Village was built for 10,000 inhabitants, and was set around a civic center. In 1953, bulldozers completed grading of of farmland in western Columbus for the construction of Lincoln Village, with churches, a school, wooded park, playgrounds, and a library. A shopping center would also be built. Housing in the village was to include apartment buildings and single family homes priced between $9,000 to $16,000.

Geography

Lincoln Village is located in west-central Franklin County. The Pennsylvania Railroad borders Lincoln Village to the north, Sullivant Avenue to the south, and Interstate 270 to the east. The western border of Lincoln Village follows Hilliard Rome Road and Norton Road, the larger northwest portion by Hilliard-Rome Road and the smaller southwest portion by Norton Road. U.S. Route 40 (the National Road, known as W. Broad Street within the community) runs through the center of town, leading east to the center of Columbus. The city of Columbus borders Lincoln Village to the north, west, and south; a portion of Franklin Township is to the east, across I-270. According to the United States Census Bureau, Lincoln Village has a total area of , all land. Adjacent neighborhoods include New Rome, Rome Heights, Cherry Creek, and National Pike Little Farms.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  46,874
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  43,966
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  34,233
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  32,274
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  30,007
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  29,779
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  29,438
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  29,127

Largest nearby schools

• Hilliard Davidson High School
  High · Hilliard · 1,891 students · 18.9:1 ratio
• Grove City High School
  High · Grove City · 1,881 students · 20.9:1 ratio
• Upper Arlington High School
  High · Upper Arlington · 1,867 students · 22.5:1 ratio
• Westland High School
  High · Galloway · 1,832 students · 20.8:1 ratio
• Central Crossing High School
  High · Grove City · 1,638 students · 20:1 ratio
• Great River Connections Academy
  Other · Columbus · 1,627 students · 26.7:1 ratio
• Hilliard Bradley High School
  High · Hilliard · 1,623 students · 19.3:1 ratio
• Hilliard Darby High School
  High · Hilliard · 1,577 students · 16.3:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2026-02-22
  2 km NE of Hillsboro, Ohio
• M 2.9 — 2023-12-09
  5 km W of Jackson Center, Ohio
• M 3.4 — 2017-05-24
  1 km S of McArthur, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2015-02-11
  8 km SE of Richmond Dale, Ohio
• M 3.5 — 2013-11-20
  2 km SW of Buchtel, Ohio