당진 지역은 충청남도의 서북단에 위치하여 육로 교통이 매우 불편하였고, 근대 문물 수용 과정은 매우 열악하였다.
The land transportation of Dangjin area, which was located on the northwest side of Chungcheongnam-do, was inconvenient, and the process of accepting modern culture was very poor.