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GRANVILLE , a See also: village in Licking county, See also: Ohio, U.S.A., in the township of Granville, about 6 m
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W. of Newark and 27 M
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E. by N. of See also: Columbus
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Pop. of the village (1910) 1394; of the township (191o) 2442
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Granville is served by the Toledo & Ohio Central and the Ohio Electric See also: railways, the latter reaching Newark (where it connects with the See also: Pittsburg, See also: Cincinnati, See also: Chicago & St See also: Louis and the Baltimore & Ohio railways),Columbus,
See also: Dayton, See also: Zanesville and See also: Springfield
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Granville is the seat of Denison University, founded in 1831 by the Ohio Baptist See also: Education Society and opened as a See also: manual labour school, called the Granville See also: Literary and Theological Institution
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It was renamed Granville See also: College in 1845, and took its See also: present name in 18J4 in honour of See also: William S
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Denison of Adamsville, Ohio, who had given $ro,000 to the college
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The university comprised in 1907–1908 five departments: Granville College (229 students), the collegiate department for men; Shepardson College (246 students, including 82 in the preparatory department), the collegiate department for
See also: women, founded as the See also: Young Ladies' Institute of Granville in 1859, given to the Baptist denomination in 1887 by Dr Daniel Shepardson, its See also: principal and owner, and closely affiliated for scholastic purposes, since 1900, with the university, though legally it is still a distinct institution ; See also: Doane See also: Academy (137 students), the preparatory department for boys, established in 1831, named Granville Academy in 1887, and renamed in 1895 in honour of William H
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Doane of Cincinnati, who gave to it its See also: building; a conservatory of See also: music (137 students); and a school of See also: art (38 students)
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In 1805 the Licking See also: Land See also: Company, organized in the preceding See also: year in Granville, Massachusetts, bought 29,040 acres of land in Ohio, including the site of Granville; the See also: town was laid out, and in the last months of that year settlers from Granville, Mass., began to arrive
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By See also: January 18o6 the colony numbered 234 persons; the township was incorporated in 18o6 and the village was incorporated in 1831
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There are several remarkable See also: Indian mounds near Granville, notably one shaped like an alligator
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See See also: Henry
See also: Bushnell, See also: History of Granville, Ohio (Columbus, O., 889)
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