The
Connecticut Western Reserve was a portion of land claimed by the
Colony of Connecticut and later by the state of
Connecticut in what is now mostly part of
northeastern region of the
U.S. state of
Ohio. The Reserve had been granted to the Colony by
King Charles II. Following the American Revolutionary War, Connecticut gave up claim to some of its western lands, but initially sold the Western Reserve to developers. It finally ceded control of this portion to the United States and the area was organized under the
Northwest Territory until Ohio was admitted as a state. "Western Reserve" is referred to in numerous institutional names.