Highlandtown, Ohio
Highlandtown is an unincorporated community in Columbiana County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]
Highlandtown United Methodist Church
History
Highlandtown was originally built up chiefly by settlers of Scottish ancestry.[2][3] The name Highlandtown is derived from the Scottish Highlands. The post office at Highlandtown was called Inverness, there being already another post office with the former name.[4] The Inverness post office was established in 1838, and remained in operation until 1902.[5]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Highlandtown, Ohio
- McCord, William B. (1905). History of Columbiana County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 335.
- Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 60.
- History of Columbiana County, Ohio: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Unigraphic. 1879. p. 264.
- "Columbiana County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
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