Ceylon, Ohio

Ceylon is an unincorporated community in Erie County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

History

A post office called Berlin Station was established in 1858, the name was changed to Ceylon in 1871, and the post office closed in 1904.[2] The community was named after Ceylon[3] (today known as Sri Lanka).

gollark: I mean, the UK seems to very consistently not have guns, but it also consistently has knives and there was never a giant pile of existing guns.
gollark: I said "might". I don't know if it does actually apply in this case.
gollark: if you can't actually do something consistently in practice, then passing a law for it might just create *more* harm through selective enforcement.
gollark: It's reasonable enough I think.
gollark: I bet there are tons of devices in the wild vulnerable to patched remotely exploitable exploits.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ceylon
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ceylon Post Office (historical)
  3. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 26.



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