West Carlisle, Ohio

History

West Carlisle was laid out in 1821.[2] The community most likely derived its name from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the birthplace of a first settler.[3] A post office was established at West Carlisle in 1822, and remained in operation until 1932.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Carlisle, Ohio
  2. Hunt, William Ellis (1876). Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio: A Complete Panorama of the County, from the Time of the Earliest Known Occupants of the Territory Unto the Present Time, 1764-1876. R. Clarke & Company. p. 5.
  3. Graham, Albert Adams (1881). History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. A. A. Graham. p. 593.
  4. "Coshocton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 7, 2015.

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