Ankenytown, Ohio

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Ankenytown is an unincorporated community in Knox County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1]

History

A post office called Ankenytown operated between 1848 and 1938. [2] The community was named for George Ankeny, an early settler and afterward state legislator. [3] A variant name was Squeal. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ankenytown, Ohio
  2. ↑ "Knox County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  3. ↑ Graham, Albert Adams (1881). History of Knox County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio. A. A. Graham & Company. p.  425.
  4. ↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 4.

40°32′03″N82°30′18″W / 40.53417°N 82.50500°W / 40.53417; -82.50500


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