Churchtown, Ohio

Churchtown is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.{{GNIS|1039117}} St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, for which the community was named, is the main landmark, as well as St. John Central Grade School, a private Catholic school for grades K-8.

History

A post office was established at Churchtown in 1875, and remained in operation until 1907.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Washington |title=Washington County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=29 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118155125/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Washington |archivedate=18 January 2016 }} The Churchtown post office originally was housed in the Catholic church, for which the town got its name.{{cite book|title=History of Washington County, Ohio: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSJEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA631|year=1881|publisher=H.Z. Williams|page=631}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio