Kinnikinnick, Ohio
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|subdivision_name2 = Ross
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
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|area_code = 740
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Kinnikinnick is an unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio, United States. Kinnikinnick is located at the junction of Ohio State Route 159 and Ohio State Route 180, {{convert|16.6|mi|km}} north-northeast of Chillicothe.{{cite map |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation |title=Official Transportation Map |trans-title=|date= |year=2011 |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/maps/11MapFiles/Front-11-PDF.pdf |scale= |series= |version= |cartography= |page= |pages= |section= |inset= |edition= |location= |language= |format=PDF |isbn= |id= |accessdate=February 1, 2013 |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}
History
A post office called Kinnikinnick was established in 1878, and remained in operation until 1910.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Ross | title=Ross County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=3 January 2016}} The community takes its name from Kinnikinnick Creek, which the community is located on.{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=86|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=70}}
Gallery
File:KinnikinnickOH1.JPG|Kinnikinnick community sign.
File:KinnikinnickOH2.JPG|Looking east on Ohio Highway 180 in Kinnikinnick.
References
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{{Ross County, Ohio}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Ross County, Ohio
Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio
Category:1878 establishments in Ohio
Category:Populated places established in 1878
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