Wilberforce, Ohio

• Severe Thunderstorm Warning
  

  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GREENE COUNTY AIRPORT TO CAESAR CREEK STATE PARK TO MAINEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

• Finances looking up say Wilberforce leaders
  

  Wilberforce University brass says that they've realigned operations and are erasing budget deficits as they prepare to hire a new person to spearhead fundraising efforts.

• Wilberforce leaders say finances improving
  

  The leadership of Wilberforce University says they've realigned operations and are erasing budget deficits as they prepare to hire a new person to lead fundraising efforts.

• Man Wanted In Speedway Robbery
  

  Authorities in Greene County said they have released surveillance video of a man who robbed a local store armed with a knife.

• Melinda Sue Zeeb Inducted into Cambridge Who's Who
  

  Wilberforce, OH, June 15, 2010 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Melinda Sue Zeeb, MAEd, Instructional Designer, Educational Technologist and Blackboard Administrator for online learning at Central State University, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in education.

City Description

Wilberforce is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,579 at the 2000 census. The community was named for the English statesman William Wilberforce, who worked for abolition of slavery and achieved the end of the slave trade in Great Britain and its empire. The small community was an important stop on the Underground Railroad before the American Civil War, as it had seven stations. The community has two historically black universities. Wilberforce University was established in 1856 by the Methodist Episcopal Church and African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1863 the AME Church bought the college after its temporary closing due to financial problems, making it the first to be owned and operated by African Americans. Many prominent scholars have taught there. The former residence in Wilberforce of Charles Young, a 19th-century US Army officer who taught at Wilberforce, has been designated a National Historic Landmark. Born into slavery, he was the highest-ranking African-American officer in the US Army until after World War I. Central State University originated as a commercial, normal and industrial department established at

City Contained By:

• Ohio
• Greene County

City Contains:

• Col. Charles Young House
• C. N. & I. Department Power House
• Carnegie Library
• Colonel Charles Young House
• Central State University
• Wilberforce University
• Payne Theological Seminary

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 8.02896314204 km squared

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