Texas, Ohio

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

History

A post office called Texas was established in 1846, and remained in operation until 1903.[2] Texas was briefly considered to become county seat after a fire burned the courthouse in 1847.[3] The community was named after the state of Texas.[4]

gollark: It also consumes probably at least a fifth of the government's budget.
gollark: Very anecdotal but eh.
gollark: My mother works in the NHS, and complains about it lots.
gollark: The server the <#552232567957356623> thing runs on is, coincidentally, a used NHS one.
gollark: * bad

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Texas, Ohio
  2. "Henry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  3. Aldrich, Lewis Cass (1888). History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio. D. Mason & Company. p. 251.
  4. "Towns named after states". Reading Eagle. Jul 2, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2015.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.