Adrian, Ohio

Adrian is an unincorporated community on W County Road 59 in Big Spring township, in southwestern Seneca County, Ohio, United States, roughly three miles (five kilometres) south-southeast of Frenchtown.[1]

History

Adrian was originally called Oregon, and under the latter name was laid out in 1844.[2] A post office called Adrian has been in operation since 1853.[3]

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References
  1. "Adrian". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Lang, William (1880). History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880. Transcript Printing Company. p. 488.
  3. "Seneca County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  4. "Biographical Sketch of Darius D. Hare". Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2012-09-22.



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