Chardon and Chardon Township

Chardon and Chardon Township

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Publication Date: 28th November 2011

The name Chardon, a French word meaning "thistle," was adopted by the township and settlement of Chardon around 1812 in tribute to the owner of extensive local land holdings. Peter Chardon Brooks, a wealthy Boston merchant, deeded land for a village square modeled after the town plans of many New England villages on the condition that the inhabitants would use his middle name to identify the locale and establish the place as the seat of government. Although Brooks never visited the area, he supported the town by providing a large bell to the first church built. Chardon was soon selected as the... Read More
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The name Chardon, a French word meaning "thistle," was adopted by the township and settlement of Chardon around 1812 in tribute to the owner of extensive local land holdings. Peter Chardon Brooks, a wealthy Boston merchant, deeded land for a village square modeled after the town plans of many New England villages on the condition that the inhabitants would use his middle name to identify the locale and establish the place as the seat of government. Although Brooks never visited the area, he supported the town by providing a large bell to the first church built. Chardon was soon selected as the... Read More
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The name Chardon, a French word meaning "thistle," was adopted by the township and settlement of Chardon around 1812 in tribute to the owner of extensive local land holdings. Peter Chardon Brooks, a wealthy Boston merchant, deeded land for a village square modeled after the town plans of many New England villages on the condition that the inhabitants would use his middle name to identify the locale and establish the place as the seat of government. Although Brooks never visited the area, he supported the town by providing a large bell to the first church built. Chardon was soon selected as the site of county government for the newly established Geauga County, a territory that then encompassed today's Geauga and Lake Counties. Sitting atop a wooded hill amid a forested and rolling landscape, the town and its surrounding area developed first as a farming community, gradually becoming a commercial center, and then a bedroom community. Long known for its significant snowfall, Chardon is recognized as an excellent place to raise families and educate children.
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  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of America
  • Publication Date: 28th November 2011
  • State: Ohio
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9780738588544
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
    TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
Author Bio
In recognition of the 200th anniversary of the establishment of Chardon, the Chardon Bicentennial Celebration Steering Committee has published this pictorial history.
Historian Dennis Lamont and Leiter's great-grandson, James D. MacMillan, have joined with the authors of Arcadia Publishing's Real Photo Postcards of Willis Leiter in the creation of a new book. Bill Jackson and Paula Brosky-Shorf are fervent collectors of Leiter real-photo postcards and portraiture. Together with Lorain historians Matthew J. Weisman and Bruce L. Waterhouse Jr., another great-grandson of the esteemed photographer, they collaborated on this Lorain County book about Leiter's work. The author team was assisted by Lorain Historical Society founder Albert C. Doane.
The name Chardon, a French word meaning "thistle," was adopted by the township and settlement of Chardon around 1812 in tribute to the owner of extensive local land holdings. Peter Chardon Brooks, a wealthy Boston merchant, deeded land for a village square modeled after the town plans of many New England villages on the condition that the inhabitants would use his middle name to identify the locale and establish the place as the seat of government. Although Brooks never visited the area, he supported the town by providing a large bell to the first church built. Chardon was soon selected as the site of county government for the newly established Geauga County, a territory that then encompassed today's Geauga and Lake Counties. Sitting atop a wooded hill amid a forested and rolling landscape, the town and its surrounding area developed first as a farming community, gradually becoming a commercial center, and then a bedroom community. Long known for its significant snowfall, Chardon is recognized as an excellent place to raise families and educate children.
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of America
  • Publication Date: 28th November 2011
  • State: Ohio
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9780738588544
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
    TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
In recognition of the 200th anniversary of the establishment of Chardon, the Chardon Bicentennial Celebration Steering Committee has published this pictorial history.
Historian Dennis Lamont and Leiter's great-grandson, James D. MacMillan, have joined with the authors of Arcadia Publishing's Real Photo Postcards of Willis Leiter in the creation of a new book. Bill Jackson and Paula Brosky-Shorf are fervent collectors of Leiter real-photo postcards and portraiture. Together with Lorain historians Matthew J. Weisman and Bruce L. Waterhouse Jr., another great-grandson of the esteemed photographer, they collaborated on this Lorain County book about Leiter's work. The author team was assisted by Lorain Historical Society founder Albert C. Doane.