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The first Welsh people to settle in Jackson and Gallia Counties in southeast Ohio arrived in 1818, but no-one followed them for many years. Gradually, from the mid-1830s onwards more and more Welsh people were attracted to Jackson and Gallia counties by reports in the press and the promise of new opportunities. This area attracted settlers from Cardiganshire or Ceredigion in particular. Between 1835 and 1850 it is estimated that around 2,500 to 3,000 men, women and children left west Wales because of poverty and insecurity and established 'Little Cardiganshire' in south east Ohio.
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