The Ohio Lands were the several grants, tracts, districts and cessions which make up what is now the U.S. state of

Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...

. The Ohio Country was one of the first settled parts of the

Midwest The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four Census Bureau Region, census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of ...

, and indeed one of the first settled parts of the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

beyond the original

13 colonies The Thirteen Colonies, also known as the Thirteen British Colonies, the Thirteen American Colonies, or later as the United Colonies, were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America. Founded in the 17th and 18th centur ...

. The land that became first the anchor of the

Northwest Territory The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old Northwest and formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was formed from unorganized western territory of the United States after the American Revolutionary War. Established in 1 ...

and later Ohio was cobbled together from a variety of sources and owners. List of Ohio Lands *

Canal Lands Canal Lands were tracts of land donated by the federal government to several Great Lakes states in the 19th century to encourage internal improvements and aid in funding the construction of Canals. These states sold the land tracts to private par ...

** Miami & Erie Canal Lands ** Ohio & Erie Canal Lands * College Township * Congress Lands or Congressional Lands (1798–1821) ** Congress Lands North of Old Seven Ranges ** Congress Lands West of Miami River ** Congress Lands East of Scioto River **

North and East of the First Principal Meridian North and East of the First Principal Meridian is a survey and land description in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Survey In 1812, Congress authorized the Surveyor General to survey the northern and western border of Ohio “as soon ...

South and East of the First Principal Meridian South and East of the First Principal Meridian is a land description in the American Midwest. In 1812, Congress authorized the Surveyor General to survey the northern and western border of Ohio “as soon as the consent of the Indians can be obta ...

* Connecticut Western Reserve * Dohrman Tract * Ephraim Kimberly Grant * Firelands or Sufferers' Lands * Fort Washington *

French Grant The proposed purchase by the Scioto Company is shown in red. The proposed purchase by the Ohio Company is in blue. The final purchase by the Ohio Company is in green. The French Grant is orange., 350px The French Grant (also known as the Frenc ...

Indian Land Grants Indian Land Grants were land tracts granted to various Indians (Indigenous peoples of North America) by Treaty or by United States Congressional action in the Nineteenth century in northwestern Ohio. Grants near St. Mary's River Jean Baptiste ...

* Maumee Road Lands * Michigan Survey or Michigan Meridian Survey or Toledo Tract * Ministerial Lands * Moravian Indian Grants ** Gnadenhutten Tract ** Salem Tract ** Schoenbrunn Tract * Ohio Company of Associates ** Purchase on the Muskingum **

Donation Tract The Donation Tract was a land tract in southern Ohio that was established by the Congress late in the 18th century to buffer Ohio Company lands against local indigenous people. Congress gave lots to men who settled on the land. This marked the f ...

** College Lands *

Refugee Tract The Refugee Tract is an area of land in Ohio, United States granted to people from British Canada who left home prior to July 4, 1776, stayed in the US until November 25, 1783 continuously, and aided the revolutionary cause. Location The Refu ...

Salt Reservations The Salt Reservations (also known as the Salt Lands) were a collection of land tracts surrounding salt springs in Ohio and some other states that were donated to the states by the federal government early in the 19th century. The United States had ...

or Salt Lands * School Lands * Seven Ranges or Old Seven Ranges *

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 Conti ...

or Miami Purchase and/or the Land Between the Miamis * Toledo Strip, object of a nearly bloodless war between Ohio and Michigan * Turnpike Lands * Twelve-Mile Square Reservation * Two-Mile Square Reservation * United States Military District * Virginia Military District *

Zane's Tracts Zane's Tracts were three parcels of land in the Northwest Territory of the United States, later Ohio, that the federal government granted to Ebenezer Zane late in the 18th century, as compensation for establishing a road with ferry service over ...

or Zane's Grant or Ebenezer Zane Tract (see

Zane's Trace Zane's Trace is a frontier road constructed under the direction of Col. Ebenezer Zane through the Northwest Territory of the United States, in what is now the state of Ohio. Many portions were based on traditional Native American trails. Co ...

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The Evolution of Ohio (OPLIN)
*{{cite book, title=The Official Ohio Lands Book, last=Knepper , first=George W. , year=2002 , publisher= The Auditor of the State of Ohio , url=https://ohioauditor.gov/publications/docs/OhioLandsBook.pdf *Ohio Department of Natural Resources
''Original Land Subdivisions of Ohio''
(PDF). ODNR, Division of Geological Survey. Map MG-2. 2003/2006. (Archived fro
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American Surveyor article
Former regions and territories of the United States Geography of Ohio Pre-statehood history of Ohio Surveying of the United States Northwest Territory

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