Editing Poland, Ohio (section)

==History==
[[File:Riverside and Main in Poland.jpg|thumb|left|The [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Mahoning County, Ohio|South Main Street Historic District]] denotes a neighborhood of Poland's oldest structures]]
In 1796, [[Poland Township, Mahoning County, Ohio|Poland Township]] was surveyed and registered as township 1, range 1 of the [[Connecticut Western Reserve]] of the [[Connecticut Land Company]]. Turhand Kirtland was a member of a group of surveyors led by [[Moses Cleaveland]], and is considered to have founded the community of Poland in 1798.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://polandhistoricalsociety.com/history/our-history |title=Poland Historical Society - Our History |publisher=Poland Historical Society |accessdate=October 27, 2022 }}</ref> The earliest settlers primarily originated from [[Connecticut]] and [[Pennsylvania]]. An early grist mill was built on the Yellow Creek in 1802 by Jonathan Fowler, whose family was the first to settle in the village.<ref name="Poland Village">{{cite web |url=https://polandvillage.org/home/about |title=ABOUT US - VILLAGE OF POLAND, OHIO |publisher=Village of Poland |accessdate=October 27, 2022 }}</ref>

Poland was named in honor of the country of [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Poland]] for its assistance during the [[American Revolutionary War]], either due to a specific Polish hero or due to general gratitude towards the nation.<ref name="Poland Village" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://communityhealthnursingpoland.weebly.com/history.html |title=History - Poland, Ohio |publisher=Community Health Nursing Poland |accessdate=October 27, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=44182 |title=The History of Poland |publisher=The Historical Marker Database |accessdate=October 27, 2022 }}</ref> An alternative legend from 1905 stated that the town instead takes its name from its original proprietor named George Poland.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gannett |first1=Henry |title=The origin of certain place names in the United States |date=1905 |publisher=Government Printing Office |location=Washington, DC |page=249 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n248/mode/1up |access-date=April 3, 2021}}</ref> Poland was incorporated as a village in 1866.<ref name="Poland Village" />

[[Poland Seminary]] was originally a private secondary school, Poland Academy, and then a liberal arts college founded in 1849. Its main building has been incorporated into Poland Middle School on College Street. Its dormitory is incorporated into the Poland Public Library on Main Street. Former distinguished faculty include the journalist [[Ida Tarbell]]; graduates include [[William McKinley]], the 25th President of the United States.