Columbia, Williams County, Ohio

Columbia is an unincorporated community in Williams County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.{{GNIS|1048617}}

History

Columbia was founded in 1854.{{cite book|last=Bowersox|first=Charles A.|title=A Standard History of Williams County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development|url=https://archive.org/details/standardhistoryo01bowe|year=1920|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/standardhistoryo01bowe/page/382 382]}}

The village was the terminus of the St Joseph Valley Railway from 1915 to 1918, running from Angola, Indiana. This was a failed interurban electric railroad project attempting to create a passenger service between Chicago and Toledo, but which was never electrified.Hilton & Due: Electric Interurban Railways of America Sanford University Press 2000 p. 276

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Williams County, Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio