Columbia, Williams County, Ohio

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

History

Columbia was founded in 1854. [2]

The village was the terminus of the St Joseph Valley Railway from 1915 to 1918, running from Angola, Indiana. This was a failed interurban electric railroad project attempting to create a passenger service between Chicago and Toledo, but which was never electrified. [3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Columbia, Williams County, Ohio
  2. ↑ Bowersox, Charles A. (1920). A Standard History of Williams County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development. Lewis Publishing Company. p.  382.
  3. ↑ Hilton & Due: Electric Interurban Railways of America Sanford University Press 2000 p. 276

41°37′59″N84°47′19″W / 41.63306°N 84.78861°W / 41.63306; -84.78861


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