Lancaster

Lancaster, (1) capital of Fairfield county, Ohio, on the Hocking River and Canal, 32 miles SE. of Columbus, with machine-works and railway shops. Pop. (1890) 7555.—(2) Capital of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, 69 miles by rail W. of Philadelphia. Besides a large court-house and numerous churches, it contains the Franklin and Marshall (German Reformed) College, and a theological seminary of the same body. There are large cotton-mills, and tanneries, breweries, potteries, and a number of other manufactories; and extensive warehouses for tobacco have been built. Founded in 1730, Lancaster was the capital of the state from 1799 to 1812. Pop. (1870) 20,233; (1890) 32,011.