Adrian, Ohio

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.}}

{{For|other places with similar names|Adrian (disambiguation){{!}}Adrian}}

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Adrian is an unincorporated community on W County Road 59 in Big Spring township, in southwestern Seneca County, Ohio, United States, roughly three miles (five kilometres) south-southeast of Frenchtown.{{cite gnis|1064301|Adrian}}

History

Adrian was originally called Oregon, and under the latter name was laid out in 1844.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ctlE6zuQQI0C&pg=PA488 | title=History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880 | publisher=Transcript Printing Company | author=Lang, William | year=1880 | pages=488}} A post office called Adrian has been in operation since 1853.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Seneca | title=Seneca County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=27 December 2015}}

Notable person

  • Darius D. Hare, politician{{Cite web |url=http://www.history50states.com/OH-WYANDOT-UPPER_SANDUSKY |title=Biographical Sketch of Darius D. Hare |access-date=2012-09-22 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125135636/http://www.history50states.com/OH-WYANDOT-UPPER_SANDUSKY |archive-date=2013-01-25 |url-status=dead }}

References

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{{Seneca County, Ohio}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Seneca County, Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio

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