Charloe, Ohio
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Charloe is an unincorporated community in Paulding County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. There is a pizza and ice cream shop and a small manufacturer in Charloe.
History
An Ottawa Indian village stood at the site of Charloe,{{GNIS|1070713}} and the community was named for Charloe Peter, an Indian chief.
Charloe was the county seat of Paulding County in the 1840s,{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofnorthwe01wint | title=A History of Northwest Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress and Development | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | last=Winter | first=Nevin Otto | year=1917 | page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofnorthwe01wint/page/532 532]}} but lost its county seat status to Paulding in 1851, prompting the former community's decline.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oWwxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cAAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3093%2C2087995 | title=Paulding Communities Cut Out Of Great Forests | work=Toledo Blade | date=April 5, 1953 | accessdate=30 April 2015 | author=Miller, Ray | pages=3}}
A post office was also established at Charloe in 1840, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Paulding |title=Paulding County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=30 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615014710/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Paulding |archivedate=15 June 2015 }}
On May 12th, 2023, a fire started at Charloe Store at around 10:30 p.m. local time and heavily damaged the store.{{Cite web |last=HELBERG |first=TODD |date=2023-05-13 |title=Charloe Store severely damaged by fire on Friday |url=https://www.crescent-news.com/news/local_news/charloe-store-severely-damaged-by-fire-on-friday/article_cd85e432-f1a0-11ed-b645-7fb6ab1ce65b.html |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=The Crescent-News |language=en}} The store has since been closed, and is planned to be rebuilt and reopened.{{Cite web |date=May 13, 2023 |title=Facebook post from the store owner |url=https://www.facebook.com/share/p/5LNjPvYfH3oXzoyv/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=www.facebook.com}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Paulding County, Ohio
Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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