Junction, Ohio
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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|image_caption = Fluorite from Stoneco Auglaize quarry near Junction
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|map_caption = Location of Junction, Ohio
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|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Ohio
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Paulding
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Auglaize
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|population_as_of = 2000
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
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|elevation_ft = 712
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|blank1_info = 1042164{{GNIS|1042164}}
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Junction is an unincorporated community in western Auglaize Township, Paulding County, Ohio, United States. It lies along the concurrent State Routes 111 and 637. The Auglaize River flows along the eastern edge of the community. It is located midway between the village of Paulding, the county seat of Paulding County, and the city of Defiance, the county seat of Defiance County.DeLorme, Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer, 7th ed., Yarmouth, Maine, 2004, pp. 34-35 {{ISBN|0-89933-281-1}}
History
Junction was so-named because it was the junction between the Wabash and Erie Canal and Miami and Erie Canal.{{citation needed|date=June 2008}} With the construction of the railroad, business activity shifted to other nearby places, and the town's population dwindled.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZcgdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gGEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1731%2C1762331 | title=9-year search locates 300 ghost towns in Ohio | work=The Pittsburgh Press | date=Jun 5, 1983 | accessdate=20 December 2015 | author=Davis, Donna M. | pages=J1}}
References
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{{Paulding County, Ohio}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Paulding County, Ohio
Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio
Category:Populated places established in the 1830s
Category:1830s establishments in Ohio
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