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Poland is a village located about southeast of Youngstown in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,555 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Poland village, Ohio )〕 It is part of the ''Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area''. ==History== In 1796, Poland Township was the first charted township in the Connecticut Western Reserve, being the southeasternmost portion (Township 1, Range 1). The township was founded by Jonathan Fowler, who fell in love with Yellow Creek which flows through Poland. Fowler owned an inn near the river which still stands as the oldest building in Poland. The historical buildings of Poland can be identified by a sign in the shape of Ohio located by the front door of the building. The Village of Poland was founded in 1802. Poland Seminary was originally a private secondary school, Poland Academy, and then a liberal arts college founded in1849. Its main building has been incorporated into Poland Middle School on College Street. Its dormitory is incorporated into the Poland Public Library on Main Street. Former distinguished faculty include the journalist Ida Tarbell; graduates include William McKinley, President of the United States. The former medical school and Ohio Law College is now a private residence also on College Street. Poland is the home to the Poland Seminary High School Bulldogs. The girls softball team won the OHSAA Division II state championship in 2011.〔http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/sb/girls/2011/d2final11.htm OHSAA Softball Div. II Final〕 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「Poland, Ohio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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