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Naming of Marietta
- When
- 1788
- Where
- Town of Marietta
- Part of
- Founding of Marietta, Ohio
The settlers named the town for Marie Antoinette, the French queen who had aided the American independence cause.
The Americans named Marietta in honor of Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France, who had aided the colonies in their battle for independence from Great Britain. The town became the first permanent U.S. settlement in the newly established Northwest Territory, created in 1787, in what would later become the state of Ohio.
Sources
- Marietta, Ohio Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30
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