Electricity Rates in Fort Loramie, OH

History of Fort Loramie

Fort Loramie was established as a fur trading post in 1769 by Pierre-Louis de Lorimier (usually anglicized to Peter Loramie), a French-Canadian fur trader, British Indian agent and Shawnee agitator, and his father. The Shawnee used the trading post as a staging area for attacks against Americans during the Revolutionary War. During a raid on the Shawnee by George Rogers Clark in Nov. 1782, the trading post was attacked by a detachment of 150 men under Col. Benjamin Logan and burned to the ground. Lorimier escaped and fled west across the Mississippi. The site remained abandoned until 1795.After victory at Battle of Fallen Timbers in Aug. 1794, which ended the Northwest Indian War, General "Mad" Anthony Wayne ordered a fort built at the site as a supply depot for Fort Adams, Fort Defiance, and Fort Wayne. It was originally a stockade, but Wayne decided that a blockhouse and storage buildings were more vital. Construction was completed in Dec. 1795. The fort stood on the portage between St. Mary's River and Loramie Creek a half mile north of the present town. It was used as one of the demarcation points in the Treaty of Greenville Aug. 1795. The site was also mentioned in the Treaty of Fort Meigs 1817.During the War of 1812, Fort Loramie served as a supply depot for forts in northern Ohio, and as a waystation for expeditions against the British in Michigan and Canada. The last officer who had command there was a Capt. Butler, a nephew of Gen. Richard Butler who died at St.

Fort Loramie by the Numbers

Population

3,386

Median Age

34.6 yrs

Median Household Income

$91,667/yr

Median Home Value

$280,200

Homeownership Rate

91%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)