Welcome to Ransoms ...
So far, we found very little information about Ransoms. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Ransoms to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Ransoms - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Ransoms, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Ransoms , we believe that it would have been located within present day Erie County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Ransoms, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1901.
Time Zone: The area where Ransoms was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Adding Ransoms to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Ransoms in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Ransoms was on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Ransoms.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Erie County: www.erie-county-ohio.net/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ransoms, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Erie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |