Editing Ross County, Ohio (section)

==History==
Ross County was formed by proclamation of Governor [[Arthur St. Clair|St. Clair]], August 20, 1798, being the sixth county formed in the [[Northwest Territory]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Howe |first=Henry |title=Historical Collections of Ohio |publisher=C.J. Krehbiel & Co. |year=1888 |volume=2 |location=Cincinnati |publication-date=1890 |pages=491}}</ref>

Ross County was described by [[Ephraim George Squier]] and [[Edwin Hamilton Davis]] as having almost "one hundred enclosures of various sizes, and five hundred mounds" in their book, ''[[Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley]]'' (1848). They described the Indian-built [[earthworks (archaeology)|earthworks]] as ranging from {{convert|5|to(-)|30|ft}} in size, and enclosures of {{convert|1|to(-)|50|acre}} large. These included [[Serpent Mound]], [[Fort Ancient, Ohio|Fort Ancient]], Mound City, and Seip Earthworks (both now part of [[Hopewell Culture National Historical Park]]), and [[Newark Earthworks]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Squier|first=E.G.|title=Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley|year=1848|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|location=Washington, D.C.|page=57|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4301/view/1/57/}}</ref>