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What's in a name: The history behind the places we call home

What's in a name?

The answer is plenty of history, tales of strength and victory and notable characters, if the stories behind some local municipalities are any example.

Here are just a few area places with an important part of history linked to their names.

Marietta.

When members of the Ohio Company reached the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers in April, 1788, the fledgling community that existed here was known as Adelphi, related to a Greek word meaning "brothers."

"A number of the initial settlers here knew each other and some had served together in the Revolutionary War, so they felt a kinship in being part of the fight for independence," said Bill Reynolds a historian with Marietta's Campus Martius Museum.

But on July 2 that same year the town's name was changed to "Marietta" in honor of Marie Antoinette, queen of France, who was apparently held in high regard by Revolutionary War veterans like Rufus Putnam and fellow members of the Ohio Company.

"They felt if it hadn't been for assistance from the French, whose ships blocked the harbor (at Yorktown), preventing British ships from entering, as well as monetary support from France, we might not have won the war," Reynolds said.

"So these Revolutionary War vets wanted to pay tribute to France by naming their town after Marie Antoinette-she was incredibly important to them," he added.

A letter was also sent off to the queen, offering her a "public square" of Marietta property.

In his 1917 introduction to the first volume of "The Records of the Original Proceedings of the Ohio Company," Marietta College professor Archer Butler Hulbert noted the city square intended for Marie Antoinette was Mound Cemetery.

The queen did not take up the offer but her Mound Cemetery square became the final resting place for many of those Ohio Company veterans.

"I find that a pretty interesting piece of history," Reynolds said. "And sometimes I wonder, what if Marie Antoinette had actually accepted the offer and moved here? She would probably have lived longer."

In October 1793, during the French Revolution, the queen was beheaded, as was her husband, King Louis XVI, who also met his end on the guillotine in January of that year.

Constitution.

Driving south along Ohio 7 it's easy to miss the sign indicating you're passing through Constitution-the only community in the U.S. bearing that name, according to an historical plaque erected nearby along Veto Road (County Road 3).

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