Junior Furnace, Ohio

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Junior Furnace is an unincorporated community in Scioto County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1]

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History

The community's namesake Junior Furnace was a blast furnace built in 1828; the name was prefixed "Junior" because the property was two years younger than nearby Franklin Furnace. [2]

Notable person

Thomas H. Carter, a United States Senator from Montana, was born at Junior Furnace in 1854. [3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Junior Furnace, Ohio
  2. ↑ Evans, Nelson Wiley (1903). A History of Scioto County, Ohio: Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio. N. W. Evans. p. 371.
  3. ↑ Knox, Thomas Wallace (1892). The Republican Party and Its Leaders: A History of the Party from Its Beginning to the Present Time. P. F. Collier. p.  372.

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