Editing Lake County, Ohio (section)

==History==
The land that became Lake County was home to the [[indigenous peoples|indigenous]] [[Erie people]] prior to the arrival of the [[Kingdom of France|French]] in the region during the early 1600s and was considered by the French to be part of their Colony of [[New France]]. After France's defeat in the [[Seven Years' War]] in 1763, France ceded the area to [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]], and the area became part of the [[Province of Quebec (1763–1791)|Province of Quebec]] through the [[Quebec Act]] of 1774. Following the [[American Revolutionary War]], it became part of the [[Connecticut Western Reserve]] in the [[Northwest Territory]], then was purchased by the [[Connecticut Land Company]] in 1795. It was separated out of [[Geauga County]] in March 1840.

Although today the county is mostly suburban, Lake County was once known as a rural country retreat for wealthy Cleveland residents.  During the early 1900s, many wealthy families in Cleveland maintained [[Historic country estates in Lake County, Ohio|large estates]] in the county for use as their summer homes.<ref name="Mentor_200">{{cite news |last1=Lowe |first1=J. W. <!--|access-date=19 February 2021--> |work=Willoughby Republican |date=1918}}</ref><ref name="PD_estate_names_1923">{{cite news |last1=Barrow |first1=Jack |title=Olden time custom of naming one's home is popular in this vicinity |url=https://0-infoweb-newsbank-com.sciron.cuyahoga.lib.oh.us/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-NB&t=&sort=YMD_date%3AD&page=1&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=20&val-base-0=%22JustAMere%22&docref=image%2Fv2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40EANX-NB-12601F441FD7587B%402423644-125F8F66901B4CFC%4052&origin=image%2Fv2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40EANX-NB-12601F441FD7587B%402423644-125F8F6690FF2598%4054-125F8F6690FF2598%40 |access-date=30 July 2021 |page=53 |work=The Cleveland Plain Dealer |date=1923-08-12 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="PD_Ingenious_names">{{cite news |last1=Barrow |first1=Jack |title=Ingenious Are the Ways in Which Society Names Its Country Residences |url=https://0-infoweb-newsbank-com.sciron.cuyahoga.lib.oh.us/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-NB&t=&sort=YMD_date%3AA&page=1&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=20&val-base-0=%22George%20C.%20Russell%22&docref=image%2Fv2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40EANX-NB-1264257C9A8495BD%402425807-1262C402F0F9D314%4047&origin=image%2Fv2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40EANX-NB-1264257C9A8495BD%402425807-1262C402F1FB0180%4049-1262C402F1FB0180%40 |access-date=18 September 2021 |issue= |page=48 |publisher=The Cleveland Plain Dealer |date=1929-07-14 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>