Bakersville, Ohio

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Bakersville is an unincorporated community in northeastern Adams Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.{{GNIS|1048480}} It has a post office with the ZIP code 43803.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=43803 Zip Code Lookup] It lies along State Route 751 northeast of West Lafayette.

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History

Bakersville was laid out in 1848 by John Baker, and named for him.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofcoshoct00hill | quote=coshocton county ohio history. | title=History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881 | publisher=A. A. Graham | author=Graham, Albert Adams | year=1881 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofcoshoct00hill/page/460 460]}}{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historicalcollec00hun | title=Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio | publisher=R. Clarke & Company | author=Hunt, William Ellis | year=1876 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historicalcollec00hun/page/5 5]}} A post office was established at Bakersville in 1850, and remained in operation until 2002. At that time, the postal services were moved into the Bakersville Garage and maintained by two employees of their office staff.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Coshocton | title=Coshocton County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=7 December 2015}}

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Coshocton County, Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio