JOHN YOUNG (PIONEER)

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'John Young' (1763–1825) was an American surveyor and pioneer. He is best known as the founder of Youngstown, Ohio, a village that eventually became one of the nation's largest steel producers.Youngstown History; accessed 2007-03-10 Young, a native of Whitestown, New York, first surveyed the area in 1796 and settled there soon after.^[1]
On February 9, 1797, he purchased the entire township of 15,560 acres (63 km²) from the Western Reserve Land Company for $16,085.^[2] The 1797 establishment of the town was officially recorded on August 19, 1802.^[3] Young lived in the area from 1799 to 1803.

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1.
Builders of Youngstown: John Young
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A Heritage to Share: The Bicentennial History of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley, , Howard C., Aley, The Bicentennial Commission of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio, 1975,
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Mahoning Memories: A History of Youngstown and Mahoning County, , Frederick J., Blue, The Donning Company, 1995, ISBN 0898659442