canfield history vocabulary words

Grade 3Created by:

Mrs. Coliadis

Canfield History Vocabulary Words

Broad Street Canfield, OH

http://canfieldhistory.org/index.php?section=history&content=index

Acre

a measure of land equal to 43,560 feet

Carding mill

to prepare wool or flax for spinning

Sheriff Jerry Greene http://mahoningsheriff.com/images/greene2compress.jpg

Constable

One who keeps law and order; sherif

County

A certain area within a state

District

A certain area in a community

Warehouse district

Established

To settle, make happen

Fedora

A top hat for a man

Flax mill

A factory to prepare the flax plant for linen cloth

Grist mill

A mill where grain is ground into flour

Hitching rail

A place to tie horses

Instructor

Teacher

Journey

A trip from one place to another

macadam road

blacktop

Mahoning

Native American word meaning “at the licks”

Mayor

A person elected as the chief official of a city or

townMayor William Kay

Mercantile Business

A store to sell or trade goods

Mission church

A beginning church started by another

church

Parcel

a piece of land

Permanent

To last without change

Postmaster

One who is in charge of the post office

Residence

Home, staying in one place

Rural

Out in the country

Sawmill

A place where logs are cut into lumber

by machines

Stagecoach

A horse drawn coach carrying passengers, mail and baggages

Surveyors

People who measure land for boundaries

Tannery

A place to prepare hides for leather

Territory

A certain area of land

Ohio is part of the Northwest Territory.

Trustees

People who are elected to manage a town

The Bond House