Frederick, Ohio

Frederick is an unincorporated community in Miami County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

Former variant names of Frederick were Fredericktown and Fidelity.[1] A post office called Fidelity was established in 1849, and remained in operation until 1907.[2] Frederick was named for Frederick Yount, a pioneer settler.[3]

gollark: That seems like one of those really bad hacky patches.
gollark: Anyway, one interesting proposal I've read a lot is land value tax; you can set up the incentives such that you're basically just renting land from everyone, instead of buying and trading it, which seems more reasonable to me.
gollark: That doesn't seem like a very clear allocation mechanism.
gollark: How do you allocate land if not some kind of market mechanism? It seems like the really low rent would work like rent controls or whatever in that it's basically just first-come-first-serve.
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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frederick, Ohio
  2. "Miami County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 9 September 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. The History of Miami County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc. Windmill Publications. 1880. p. 433.



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