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==History== [[File:George and Christina Ealy House, front from east.jpg|thumb|left|The [[George and Christina Ealy House]], a historic site in the city]] The land of New Albany was founded in the center of [[Plain Township, Franklin County, Ohio|Plain Township]] in 1837 by Nobel Landon and William Yantis. The land was split into lots measuring {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} by {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}} and sold to new settlers. One theory about the name is that some of the original settlers migrated from the [[Albany, New York]], area.<ref name="plaintownship.org">[https://web.archive.org/web/20071009153647/http://www.plaintownship.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=164 Plaintownship.org]</ref> [[Albany, Ohio]] was laid out in 1832, prior to the founding of New Albany.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_3elPAQAAIAAJ | title=History of Hocking Valley, Ohio | publisher=Inter-State Publishing Co. | year=1883 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_3elPAQAAIAAJ/page/n640 606]}}</ref> During its history, the community has also been known by the name of Hope.<ref name=gnis /> In 1856, New Albany was incorporated with a population of 50, and S. Ogden was elected as the first mayor.<ref name="plaintownship.org"/> Initially known as The Wilkins Lumber Mill, the New Albany Mill opened in 1881.<ref name="plaintownship.org"/> The first female mayor of New Albany, Mrs. Edward Babbitt was elected in 1922.<ref name="plaintownship.org"/> In 1970, New Albany was much smaller, consisting of a small part of Plain Township that did not touch Columbus.<ref>Andriot, John L. ''Township Atlas of the United States'' (McLean, Virginia: Andriot Associates, 1979) p. 491</ref> The first annual [[New Albany Founders Day]] Celebration was held in 1976.<ref name="plaintownship.org"/> As late as 1980, the census only listed 414 residents in the village.<ref name="plaintownship.org"/> Rapid growth in New Albany began in the 1990s, partly due to the expansion of the [[Les Wexner]] clothing empire and Wexner's construction of his mansion (the second-largest in central Ohio behind the [[Longaberger]] mansion in the village).<ref>[http://www.franklincountyoh.metacama.com/do/selectDisplay?select=SUMMARY&curpid=22200031500 Franklincountyoh.metacama.com]</ref> [[Ohio State Route 161|State Route 161]] and access to 161 from [[Interstate 270 (Ohio)|I-270]] was reconfigured around this time, allowing freeway access into and out of town. In 2008, the New Albany Mill closed, 119 years after its downtown opening. The original sawmill had been converted to a hardware store and was a staple in the lives of many of the residents of New Albany.<ref>[http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2008/04/11/NA_MILL.ART_ART_04-11-08_C10_QO9T55P.html Dispatch.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516190007/http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2008/04/11/NA_MILL.ART_ART_04-11-08_C10_QO9T55P.html |date=2010-05-16 }}</ref> The 2009 [[Rifqa Bary controversy]] occurred in New Albany after teenager Fathima Rifqa Bary ran away to [[Florida]] under a claimed threat of an [[Honor killing in the United States|honor killing]] by her family due to her conversion to [[Christianity]] from [[Islam]].<ref>Viviano, JoAnne. "[http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/05/19/rifqa-bary-book.html Rifqa Bary Details Transformation from Islam to Christianity]". ''[[The Columbus Dispatch]]'', 2015-05-20. Accessed 2015-10-01.</ref>
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