History of Geneva History of Geneva The History of Geneva dates from before the Roman occupation in the second century BC. Now the principal French-speaking city of Switzerland, Geneva was an independent city state from the Middle Ages until the end of the 18th century. John Calvin was the Protestant leader of the city in the 16th century. Geneva first appears in history as an Allobrogian border town, fortified against the Celtic Helvetii tribe, which the Romans took in 121 BC. In 58 BC, Caesar, Roman governor of Gaul, destroyed the Rhône bridge at Geneva and built a 19-mile earthwork from Lake Geneva
Geneva Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio Geneva Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio Geneva Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 11,098 people in the township. Located in the northwestern corner of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships: The Canadian province of Ontario lies across Lake Erie to the north. Two municipalities are located in Geneva Township: most of the city of Geneva in the south, and the village of Geneva-on-the-Lake in the north, on the shoreline of Lake Erie. Named for the city of Geneva, New York, it is the only Geneva Township