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11 unusual facts about Richland County


A. L. Freehafer

Albertus LeRoy (A.L.) Freehafer (February 12, 1868 in Butler, Richland County, Ohio – October 28, 1940 in Payette, Idaho).

David Fullmer

In 1830, his father, Peter Fullmer, moved the family from Pennsylvania to Jefferson Township, Richland County, Ohio.

Eli Bowen

Eli Bowen was born in Richland County, Ohio to Robert and Sarah Bowen with his undeveloped feet attached to the hips due to a rare birth defect - the so-called seal limbs, which was caused by a genetic disorder phocomelia.

Jacob Brinkerhoff

He was prosecuting attorney for Richland County, Ohio, from 1839 to 1843, and was then elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1847), where he was chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions (Twenty-eighth Congress).

John S. Fullmer

The Fullmers heard about the Latter Day Saint movement and became members while living in Jefferson Township, Richland County, Ohio.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbia, South Carolina

The city of Columbia is the location of 122 of these properties and districts, including all of the National Historic Landmarks; they are listed here, while the 34 properties and districts in the remaining parts of the county are listed separately.

There are 156 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Richland County, including 5 National Historic Landmarks.

The Sunrise Lands

Ingolf Vogeler, a mercenary from the Republic of Richland arrives in Mackenzie lands in the Willamette River region of Oregon.

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1988

A good example of this effect, is with the city of Columbia's Richland County, which voted Republican, while its less-populated neighbor, Fairfield County, voted Democratic.

Virgil H. Cady

Cady was born on December 25, 1876 to William C. and Emogene Cady in Excelsior, Wisconsin.

Warren Adams

Warren Adams (November 28, 1838 – November 5, 1884) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate States Army from lower Richland County, South Carolina.


Olney Township, Nobles County, Minnesota

Finally, on June 15, 1874, the board accepted the suggestion of pioneer settler R. W. Moberly that the township be named after Olney, Illinois, county seat of Richland County, Illinois.

Wade Hampton II

The Hampton family summer retreat, High Hampton, which they had built in the western mountains of North Carolina, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as are their mansion in Columbia, South Carolina, the Hampton-Preston House; and the ruins of their plantation house Millwoods in Richland County, South Carolina.