Mount Sterling, Muskingum County, Ohio

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Mount Sterling is an unincorporated community in Muskingum County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1]

History

The Hopewell post office was moved to Mount Sterling without a name change [2] some time after it was established in 1830. [3] The Tavener-Sears Tavern on Main Street was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Sterling, Muskingum County, Ohio
  2. ↑ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1892. p. 330.
  3. ↑ "Muskingum County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 6 January 2016.

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