Jefferson County Airpark

3 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 10 J ust weeks after the American War of Independence broke out, soldiers of the First American Regiment built a fort along the Ohio River to protect surveyors drawing up the map of this new country. They named the fort in honor of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, a Prussian Military Officer who was monumental in helping to organize the militias and create a modern American army. As the years went by the fort became a town and before you knew it Steubenville, just 33 miles west of Pittsburgh, was the county seat of Jefferson County, Ohio. With a population of just over 18,000, Steubenville was originally a river port for the local farms. As industrialization took root the town became a coal and steel town. It is also the home to a world-class Catholic university, The Franciscan University of Steubenville. For those traveling by air, the Jefferson County Airpark provides first-class amenities and services set on welcoming you to this beautiful area. Although the land was used for a runway since the 1940s to survey coal mines, the airport is relatively new. In 1992, a group of pilots decided that an adequate airport was essential AT A GLANCE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPARK WHAT: A full-service, general aviation public airport WHERE: Near Steubenville, Ohio WEBSITE: www.jeffersoncountyairpark.org Airpark Courting business aviation unty