Raccoon Town, Ohio

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Raccoon Town is a ghost town in Monroe Township, Licking County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1]

History

Raccoon Town was settled by Euro-American settlers in 1807 at the site of a former Wyandot village. [2] The town took its name from nearby Raccoon Creek. [2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Raccoon Town (historical) [ dead link ]
  2. 1 2 Brister, Edwin M. P. (1909). Centennial History of the City of Newark and Licking County, Ohio. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 355.

40°10′52″N82°44′31″W / 40.181°N 82.742°W / 40.181; -82.742


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