Editing Hanoverton, Ohio (section)

==History==
[[File:Hanover House (1835).JPG|thumb|left|Hanover House, a saltbox house built in 1820, is part of the [[Hanoverton Canal Town District]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://spreadeagletavern.com/hanover-house |title=Hanover House |publisher=Spread Eagle Tavern Restaurant & Inn |access-date=April 29, 2022 }}</ref>]]
Hanoverton was laid out in 1813 by [[Quaker]] [[abolitionist]] James Craig and incorporated as a village in 1836.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OeA4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA159 | 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=159–160}}</ref> Hanoverton experienced growth in the 1830s by the building of the [[Sandy and Beaver Canal]] through the town, reaching a peak population in the late decade of around 2,000 inhabitants.<ref name="spreadeagle">{{cite web|url=https://spreadeagletavern.com/history/tavern-inn-history |title= Tavern & Inn History |publisher=Spread Eagle Tavern |access-date=December 28, 2022 }}</ref> Growth slowed into the 1840s; by the 1852 completion of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad the canal was no longer profitable and the town declined.<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/n266 281]}}</ref>

Hanoverton played a part in the [[Underground Railroad]]. An underground passage connected George Sloan's "Brick Row" with his brother-in-law Dr. James Robertson's home across the street, where runaway slaves were taken to a secret room.<ref name="spreadeagle" /> The Spread Eagle Tavern also was connected to a secret tunnel. In 1977 a 23-acre area of Hanoverton was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as the [[Hanoverton Canal Town District]]. The district is noted for canal-era architecture which is largely unchanged since construction in the mid-1800s.

More recently, the town has hosted various political speakers, including [[Dan Quayle]], [[Newt Gingrich]], [[Dick Cheney]], [[John McCain]], and [[JD Vance]] at the Spread Eagle Tavern.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cantonrep.com/story/entertainment/2022/02/22/politics-fine-dining-spread-eagle-tavern-worth-trip/6804286001/ |title=Prime rib, politics and 'Pretty Boy' Floyd: Spread Eagle Tavern in Hanoverton intrigues |author=Balint, Ed |publisher=The Canton Repository |date=February 22, 2022 |access-date=December 28, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wfmj.com/story/34209909/mixing-history-with-politics-at-the-spread-eagle-tavern-inn |title=Mixing history with politics at the Spread Eagle Tavern & Inn |author=Vesey, Steve |publisher=21 WFMJ |date=January 8, 2017 |access-date=December 28, 2022 }}</ref>