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Urbana is a city in and the county seat of Champaign County, Ohio, United States,〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 west of Columbus. Urbana was laid out in 1805, and for a time in 1812 was the headquarters of the Northwestern army during the War of 1812. Urbana was named after the town of Urbanna, Virginia. It is the burial place of the explorer and Indian fighter Simon Kenton. In 1900, 6,808 people lived in Urbana; in 1910, 7,739; and in 1940, 8,335. The population was 11,793 at the 2010 census. It is the home of Urbana University. ==History== Platted in 1805 following the American Revolution and the Northwest Indian War, by 1833, Urbana contained a courthouse and jail, one printing office, a church, a market house, nine mercantile stores, and 120 houses. On June 4, 1897, residents of Urbana formed a lynch mob and fought their way into the town jail to remove Charles Mitchell, a black man who was suspect in the killing of a white. Crowds of men had been forming for more than a day. The mob hanged Mitchell in the courtyard of the courthouse in the middle of the night. Trying to protect him, Sheriff McCain had summoned the state militia, led by Captain Leonard. After the mob fired into the jail, the militia returned at least five shots, killing Harry Bell, one of the white mob, and wounding others. When the lynch mob gained entry after 2:30 am, the sheriff withdrew militia forces to an upper floor in retreat. On June 21, 2009, a skatepark was added to Urbana's Melvin Miller Park. The skatepark was designed by Kevin Shockey and constructed by Yoder Concrete Construction, LLC. On November 2013, Damien Pendergast, who was a local skateboarder, died from germ cell cancer. Following his death, his high school class raised $700 and support to dedicate the skatepark in Damien's name.〔http://www.urbanaohio.com/city-offices/parks-and-recreation-melvin-miller.html〕〔http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/urbana-students-dedicate-skate-park-to-classmate-w/ngFyx/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Urbana, Ohio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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