Place:Westerville, Franklin, Ohio, United States

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NameWesterville
Alt namesWesterveltsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39020147
TypeCity
Coordinates40.124°N 82.921°W
Located inFranklin, Ohio, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Otterbein Cemetery
Pioneer Cemetery
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Westerville is a city in Franklin and Delaware counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. A northeastern suburb of Columbus, the population was 39,190 at the 2020 census. Westerville is the home of Otterbein University. Westerville was once known as "The Dry Capital of the World" for its strict laws prohibiting sales of alcohol and for being the home of the Anti-Saloon League, one of the driving forces behind Prohibition at the beginning of the 20th century.

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