Editing Columbiana, Ohio (section)

==History==
Columbiana was laid out by Joshua Dixon and William Heald in 1805.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ONQyAQAAMAAJ | title=History of Columbiana County, Ohio and Representative Citizens | publisher=Biographical Publishing Company | author=McCord, William B. | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ONQyAQAAMAAJ/page/n268 277]}}</ref> The city takes its name from Columbiana County, which itself is named in honor of 15th-century Italian explorer [[Christopher Columbus]], combining his surname with the [[mass noun]] suffix [[-ana|-iana]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=48|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=32}}</ref>  Columbiana was incorporated as a village in 1837<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OeA4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA144 | title=History of Columbiana County, Ohio: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers | publisher=Unigraphic | author=Mack, Horace  | year=1879 | pages=144}}</ref> and elevated to a city in 2000.

The [[Jones–Bowman House]], built in 1842, is believed to have been part of the [[Underground Railroad]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Ohio Places Dictionary|year=2008|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC|isbn=9781878592705|pages=162|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YfvhVln0D20C&q=%22Jones-Bowman+House%22+Columbiana}}</ref>