Villages
This area was inhabited most recently by the Shawnee, who founded at least two villages here:
- Cornstalk's Town was located on the north bank of the Scippo Creek in Pickaway County, Ohio. It was just east of the present U.S. Highway 23 highway and approximately where Gold Cliff Park is today. The town was named for Cornstalk, a Shawnee chief.
- Grenadier Squaw's Town was located opposite the Scippo Creek from Cornstalk's Town. The town was named for Cornstalk's sister Nonhelema, whom the British called the "Grenadier Squaw" because of her imposing stature.
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—Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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—Truman Capote (1924–1984)