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	Symmes Circular Symmes can refer to: People * John Cleves Symmes, colonel in the Continental Army and New Jersey representative at the Continental Congress * John Cleves Symmes, Jr., originator of the Hollow Earth theory * Zechariah Symmes, Puritan minister in colonial Charlestown, Massachusetts Places * Symmes Creek in southeastern Ohio * Symmes Mission Chapel in Fairfield, Ohio * Symmes Purchase in southwestern Ohio * Symmes Township, Edgar County, Illinois * Symmes Township, Hamilton County, Ohio * Symmes Township, Lawrence County, Ohio * Symmes Valley High School Symmes Valley High School (SVHS) is a public high school near Willow Wood in Lawrence County in Southern Ohio. It is the only high school in the Symmes Valley Local School District. Their nickname is the Vikings and the official school colors a ... in Willow Wood, Ohio {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	John Cleves Symmes, Jr Captain John Cleves Symmes Jr. (November 5, 1780 – May 28, 1829) was an American Army officer, trader, and lecturer. Symmes is best known for his 1818 variant of the Hollow Earth theory, which introduced the concept of openings to the inner world at the poles. Early life John Cleves Symmes Jr. was born in Sussex County, New Jersey, son of Thomas and Mercy (''née'' Harker) Symmes. He was named for his uncle John Cleves Symmes, a delegate to the Continental Congress, a Colonel in the Revolutionary War, Chief Justice of New Jersey, father-in-law of US President William Henry Harrison and pioneer in the settlement and development of the Northwest Territory. Though Justice Symmes had no male children, the younger John Cleves Symmes was often referred to by his later military rank, or with the suffix of "Jr.", so as to distinguish him from his uncle. Symmes "received a good common English education" and on March 26, 1802, at the age of twenty-two, obtained a commission as an Ensig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Cleves Symmes John Cleves Symmes (July 21, 1742February 26, 1814) was a delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey, and later a pioneer in the Northwest Territory. He was also the father-in-law of President William Henry Harrison and, thereby, the great-grandfather of President Benjamin Harrison. Early life He was the son of the Rev. Timothy Symmes (1715–1756) and Mary Cleves (died ) of Suffolk County on Long Island. John was born in Riverhead in what was then the Province of New York, a part of British America, on July 21, 1742. Symmes was educated as a lawyer. Career Symmes supported the revolution, becoming chairman of the Sussex County, New Jersey Committee of Safety in 1774. When the Revolutionary war began in earnest, he served as Colonel of the 3rd Regiment of the Sussex County militia from 1777 to 1780. The unit was called into service with the Continental Army on several actions. In 1776, he was elected to the New Jersey Legislative Council (now the New Jersey Sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Zechariah Symmes Zechariah Symmes (5 April 1599, in Canterbury – 4 February 1671, in Charlestown, Massachusetts) was an English Puritan clergyman who emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England and became pastor of the First Church in Charlestown, an office he held continuously from 1634 to his death in 1671. Although not one of the original Charlestown founders of 1629, on arrival in 1634 he swiftly found his place among them in the church they had convened two years previously. One of the many emigrant ministers who emerged from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he was a close fellow-worker among the leading lights of the " Bible Commonwealth". Having helped to formulate the laws by which the civil and ecclesiastical polity of the Colony were interwoven, throughout his long ministry he strongly upheld the conservative Puritan orthodoxy of his own Church, and of the Congregational collective, against doctrinal threat or dissent. Even in his passage to America he was confronted with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Symmes Creek Symmes Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 26, 2011 tributary of the Ohio River in southern Ohio in the United States. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. Symmes Creek rises in Bloomfield Township in southeastern Jackson County and flows generally southward through Madison Township in Jackson County; Greenfield, Perry, and Walnut townships in Gallia County; and Symmes, Aid, Mason, Lawrence, Windsor, and Union townships in Lawrence County, through a portion of the Ironton Unit of the Wayne National Forest and past the communities of Waterloo, Aid, and Willow Wood. It joins the Ohio River at the village of Chesapeake, opposite downtown Huntington, West Virginia. The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Symmes Creek" as the stream's name in 1902. According to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Symmes Mission Chapel The Symmes Mission Chapel was a historic church building in the city of Fairfield, Ohio, United States. A simple structure constructed in the 1840s, it was named a historic site in the 1980s, but it is no longer standing. History One of the leading members of the congregation that built the Symmes Mission Chapel was Benjamin Symmes,Owen, Lorrie K., ed. ''Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places''. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 105. who along with Abram Huston and John Mesler helped to found the Old School Presbyterian congregation in the late 1830s. Most of the members were drawn from Presbyterian churches in Hamilton, Springdale, and Ross, so the congregation was founded in the locality known as Symmes Corners in order to be convenient for all of the members. Shortly after the organization of the congregation, the original church building was constructed at a cost of $1,180 on land donated by Benjamin Symmes,''A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Symmes Purchase The Symmes Purchase, also known as the Miami Purchase, was an area of land totaling roughly in what is now Hamilton, Butler, and Warren counties of southwestern Ohio, purchased by Judge John Cleves Symmes of New Jersey in 1788 from the Continental Congress. History In the 1780s, Benjamin Stites, a friend of Symmes, was visiting Limestone (now Maysville, Kentucky) and lost some of his horses to theft by Native Americans. Pursuing them through the wilderness of southwestern Ohio, he travelled as far north as Xenia, observing the fertility of the country in the process. He was so impressed with the region that he informed Symmes of its prospects upon his return. Symmes gathered a syndicate, known as the Miami Company, to buy the land. The original contract was for , but the company couldn't afford to pay for the land, and paid for and received only in the southwest portion of the original tract. The land was ¢ per acre. Location The tract is bordered on the south by the O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Symmes Township, Edgar County, Illinois Symmes Township is one of fifteen townships in Edgar County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,158 and it contained 502 housing units. The township was called Marion Township until May 9, 1857. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.88%) is land and (or 0.09%) is water. Cities, towns, villages * Paris (south edge) Unincorporated towns * Oliver Extinct towns * Bell Ridge Cemeteries * Cassady * Chronic * Elledge Holley * Laufman * Lycan * New Hope * O'Hair * Ogden * Quinn * Stephens * Swango * Walls * Zimmerly Major highways * Illinois Route 1 Demographics School districts * Paris Community Unit School District 4 * Paris-Union School District 95 Political districts * Illinois's 15th congressional district The 15th congressional district of Illinois is currently located in central Illinois. It was located in eastern and southeastern Illinois until 2022. It is currently represented by Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Symmes Township, Hamilton County, Ohio Symmes Township ( ) is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 15,642 as of the 2020 census. Geography Located in the northeastern corner of the county, the township has been cut into two "islands" due to annexations by surrounding cities. They have the following borders: The northern island * Deerfield Township, Warren County – north * Hamilton Township, Warren County – northeast * Loveland – east * Miami Township, Clermont County – southeast * Indian Hill – south * Montgomery – southwest * Sycamore Township – west The southern island Miami Township, Clermont County – north and east Columbia Township – south Indian Hill – west Unincorporated communities The cities of Indian Hill, Loveland, and Montgomery have annexed large portions of Symmes Township, especially Indian Hill. The following census-designated places (unincorporated communities) are in the township: Camp Dennison, in the southern part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Symmes Township, Lawrence County, Ohio Symmes Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 428. Geography Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Greenfield Township, Gallia County - north * Walnut Township, Gallia County - east * Mason Township - southeast corner * Aid Township - south * Decatur Township - west * Washington Township - northwest No municipalities are located in Symmes Township, although the unincorporated community of Waterloo is located in the southeastern part of the township. Name and history Symmes Township was named after John Cleves Symmes, as was Symmes Creek of this township. Statewide, the only other Symmes Township is in Hamilton County. The first settlers organized Symmes Township and built cabins in the township in 1820. The first settlement was at the mouth of Johns Creek, with the next being on Buffalo Creek at Yates Fork (now Caulley Creek). The first school wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]