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NORWALK
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Huron county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., about 55 M
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W.S.W. of See also:Cleveland
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Pop
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(Igoo) 7074, including 762 See also:foreign-See also:born and See also:lot negroes; (1910) 7858 It is served by the See also:Lake See also:Shore & See also:Michigan See also:Southern, and the See also:Wheeling & Lake See also:Erie See also:railways, and by interurban electric lines
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It has a public library in which a small museum is maintained by the Firelands See also:Historical Society
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The city is the centre of a See also:rich agricultural See also:district
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Among its manufactures are See also:machine-See also:shop products (the Wheeling & Lake Erie has shops here), See also:iron and See also:steel; pianos and automobile fittings
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Norwalk was settled in 18'7 and was named from Norwalk, See also:Connecticut; it was incorporated as a See also:town in 1829 and chartered as a city in 1881
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Huron county and Erie county immediately N. are the westernmost of the counties created from the " Western Reserve," and comprise the " See also:Fire Lands " See also:
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