Lemoyne, Ohio

Lemoyne is an unincorporated community in northern Troy Township, Wood County, Ohio, United States.[1]

It has a post office with the ZIP code 43441.[2] It lies along the concurrent U.S. Routes 20 and 23.

History

Lemoyne was platted in 1877 when the railroad was extended to that point.[3] The community most likely bears the French surname of a pioneer settler.[4] A post office called Le Moyne was established in 1877, and the name was changed to Lemoyne in 1893.[5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lemoyne, Ohio
  2. Zip Code Lookup
  3. Leeson, Michael A. (1897). Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Early Settlement and Development. J.H. Beers & Company. p. 404.
  4. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 71.
  5. "Wood County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 12, 2016.

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