Dolly Varden, Ohio

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Dolly Varden is an unincorporated community in Clark County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1]

History

Dolly Varden was platted in 1872, and most likely was named after Dolly Varden, a character in the novel Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens. [2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dolly Varden, Ohio
  2. ↑ Rockel, William Mahlon (1908). 20th Century History of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p.  322.

39°50′33″N83°41′33″W / 39.84250°N 83.69250°W / 39.84250; -83.69250


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