A brief glimpse of history...................................or, they certainly had gumption back then.................

Speaking of Granville, Ohio.....................The community was settled in 1805.   The historical marker honoring the occasion is classic:

"In 1804 a group of neighbors in Granville, Massachusetts and Granby, Connecticut formed the Licking Company for the purpose of moving to "Newlands" in Ohio.  Inspired and informed by the development of Worthington in 1803, the Company purchased 29,040 acres in the U. S, Military District.  Advance parties surveyed and mapped a site, established a mill, and planted grain.  The Company planned a public square, a school, a library, quarry, burying ground, and property for the support of churches.  In November and December of 1805, some 150 emigrants in ox-drawn wagons arrived in their new home and built temporary shelters on the designated public square.  On December 9 through 12 1805, Company members selected their Granville lots in an auction that was described as peaceable and honest."

Imagine the nerve and fortitude of those 150 folks.  Then repeat the story countless times.  Not having a "frontier" does change things.