Highlandtown, Ohio

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Highlandtown, Ohio
Unincorporated community
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Highlandtown
Coordinates: 40°38′03″N80°45′24″W / 40.63417°N 80.75667°W / 40.63417; -80.75667
Country United States
State Ohio
County Columbiana
Township Washington
Elevation
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1,188 ft (362 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1041567 [1]

Highlandtown is an unincorporated community in eastern Washington Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. [1] It is immediately south of Highlandtown Lake, a reservoir which takes its name.

Highlandtown was originally built up chiefly by settlers of Scottish ancestry. [2] [3] The name Highlandtown is derived from the Scottish Highlands. The post office at Highlandtown was called Inverness, as there was already a Highlandtown post office at the time. [4] The Inverness post office was established in 1838, and remained in operation until 1902, and the community reverted to Highlandtown. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Highlandtown, Ohio
  2. ↑ McCord, William B. (1905). History of Columbiana County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p.  335.
  3. ↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 60.
  4. ↑ History of Columbiana County, Ohio: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Unigraphic. 1879. p. 264.
  5. ↑ "Columbiana County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 10, 2016.


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