Lyndon, Ohio

Lyndon was originally called "Zora", and under the latter name was platted in 1853.{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|title=Chillicothe and Ross County|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015013745594;view=1up;seq=83|year=1938|publisher=Works Progress Administration|page=79}} The present name is after Lyndon, Massachusetts, the native home of an early settler.{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=95|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=79}} A former variant name was Lyndon Station.{{GNIS|1061454}} A post office called Lyndon Station was established in 1857, and the name was changed to Lyndon in 1882.{{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}} Lyndon Station was located on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad.{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Clifford Neal|title=Early Nineteenth-Century German Settlers in Ohio (Mainly Cincinnati and Environs), Kentucky, and Other States. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4a, 4b, and 4C|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pz0Pla3lXyQC&pg=RA1-PA58|date=1 June 2009|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-8063-5229-9|page=58}}

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