McLuney, Ohio

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McLuney is an unincorporated community in Perry County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1] North of McLuney is Flatiron, a community on the intersection of Flint Ridge Road and School Road. To the east is the community of Stringtown, at the Ohio State Route 669 and Ceramic Road intersection.

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History

McLuney was founded in 1855, and named after nearby McLuney Creek. [2] A post office called McLuney was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1941. [3]

Notable person

John Wesley Iliff, a Colorado rancher, was born at McLuney in 1831. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McLuney, Ohio
  2. ↑ Colborn, Ephraim S. (1883). History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio. Brookhaven Press. p. 193.
  3. ↑ "Perry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ John N. Ingham (1983). Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 655. ISBN   978-0-313-23908-3.

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