Toledo, Ohio, USA
1854 - Toledo

Toledo, a city and port of entry of Lucas county, Ohio, on the left bonk of the Maumee river, 4 miles from its mouth, 184 miles N. N. W. from Columbus, and 66 miles S. S. W. from Detroit Lat. 41° 89' 30" N.. Lon. 83° 32' W. It is the terminus of the Wabash and Erie canal, the longest in the Union, and is one of the most flourishing and important entrepots in the commerce of the great lakes. The river flows through Maumee bay into the W. end of Lake Erie, and forms an excel lent harbor, which admits the largest class of steamboats. Toledo is connected by rail road with Chicago on the one hand, and with Cleveland, Buffalo, &c, on the other. It is one of the principal thoroughfares of the emigration passing from New York to the Western States. It communicates daily by steamboat with Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, &c. The number of steamboat arrivals in 1852 was 926, and of sail vessels, 1127— total, 2053. The Wabash and Erie canal. completed in 1852, extends to the Ohio river at Evansville, and attracts an immense trade to this port. Grain, flour, and pork are the chief articles of export. It appears that more grain and flour is received at this port than at any other on the lakes. The receipts of wheat in 1852 were 2,812,616 bushels; of corn, 4,107,839 bushels; besides 383,877 barrels of flour. The value of imports in 1852 was $37,565,029, and of exports, $19,738,923. It contains 8 churches, 3 banks, and 5 or 6 newspaper offices. Two daily papers are published here. The rail roads which meet at this place are the Cleveland Norwalk and Toledo, the Erie and Kalamazoo, and the Dayton and Michigan. Several others are in progress, viz. the Airline to Chicago, the Toledo and Illinois, ex tending to Danville, the Jackson branch of the Michigan Southern, and the Junction road to Cleveland. Toledo extends along the river more than a mile, and has two principal centres of business, called the upper and lower landings. The upper presents a fine view of the harbor and river for a distance of several miles. There were originally two distinct settlements, called Port Lawrence and Vistula. Within a few years nearly $100,000 have been expended in grading the streets, and in other permanent improvements. It was incorporated as a city in 1836 Population in 1840, 1322; in 1850, 3829; and on January 1, 1853, it amounted to 6412.

A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.

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