Wilberforce is a census-designated place in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,410 at the 2020 census. After Wilberforce College was established in 1856, the community was also named for the English statesman William Wilberforce, who worked for the abolition of slavery and achieved the end of the slave trade in the United Kingdo…Wilberforce is a census-designated place in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,410 at the 2020 census. After Wilberforce College was established in 1856, the community was also named for the English statesman William Wilberforce, who worked for the abolition of slavery and achieved the end of the slave trade in the United Kingdom and its empire. The small community served as an important stop for refugee slaves on the Underground Railroad before the American Civil War, as it had seven stations.
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