Editing Conneaut, Ohio (section)

==History==
[[File:Main Street, Conneaut, Ohio.jpg|thumb|left|Main Street in 1909]]
Conneaut is located on an old [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] trail, later used by early westbound pioneers. The word ''conneaut'' comes from the [[Seneca people|Seneca]] language, and has a disputed meaning.<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=49|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=33}}</ref>   A [[Mississaugas|Mississauga]] village was located at or near Conneaut, c. 1747.<ref>{{cite book |last= Tanner |first= Helen Hornbeck |author2= Adele Hast |author3= Jacqueline Peterson |author4= Robert J. Surtees |author5= Miklos Pinther |title= Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History |url= https://archive.org/details/atlasofgreatlake0000unse/page/75 |year= 1987 |publisher= University of Oklahoma Press |isbn= 0-8061-2056-8 |page= [https://archive.org/details/atlasofgreatlake0000unse/page/75 75] }}</ref>

In 1796, surveyors for the [[Connecticut Land Company]] built a log storehouse here, but the permanent settlement dates from 1798. In 1832 Conneaut was incorporated,<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Conneaut|volume=6|page=951}}</ref> and was described in 1833 as having a printing office, one meeting house, two taverns, and several stores and shops.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ | title=The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary | publisher=Scott and Wright | date=1833 | access-date=December 12, 2013 | author=Kilbourn, John | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ/page/n134 160]}}</ref> It became a city in 1898.<ref name="EB1911"/> Conneaut was originally named '''New Salem''', and the parts surrounding it were named "Lakeville" from 1944 to 1964, though these were eventually combined into what is now known as "Conneaut". People still refer to parts of Conneaut as Lakeville or Amboy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.experience-ohio-amish-country.com/conneaut-ohio.html|title=What's With the Name!|publisher=Ohio Amish Country Marketing LLC|access-date=March 30, 2016}}</ref>

On March 27, 1953, a [[1953 New York Central Railroad accident|three-train collision near Conneaut]] killed 21 people.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f75iQOmSuEUC&q=conneaut+train+collision&pg=PA39 | title=Railroading in Conneaut, Ohio | publisher=Arcadia Publishing | year=2003 | access-date=December 1, 2013 | author=Borsvold, David | pages=39| isbn=9780738523460 }}</ref>