East Union, Wayne County, Ohio

Last updated

East Union is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1]

History

The community is located within East Union Township, which was named after Union, Maine. [2] A post office called East Union was established in 1831, and remained in operation until 1907. [3] Besides the post office, East Union had a country store. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: East Union, Wayne County, Ohio
  2. ↑ Douglass, Ben (1878). History of Wayne County, Ohio, from the days of the pioneers and first settlers to the present time. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass, publisher. p.  614.
  3. ↑ "Wayne County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ History of Wayne County, Ohio. B.F. Bowen. 1910. p. 379.

40°47′45″N81°49′02″W / 40.79583°N 81.81722°W / 40.79583; -81.81722

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.