Mercer, Ohio

Mercer is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.{{GNIS|1061509}}

History

Mercer was laid out in 1833.{{cite book|last=Scranton|first=S. S.|title=History of Mercer County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmercerc00scra|year=1907|publisher=Biographical Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofmercerc00scra/page/n160 151]}} A post office was established at Mercer in 1837, and remained in operation until 1957.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Mercer | title=Mercer County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=18 December 2015}} The community's original name was Milan, but an act of the General Assembly changed its name to "Mercer" in 1837, honoring Hugh Mercer, hero to the American Revolution who died sixty years prior.[https://books.google.com/books?id=OIw_AQAAMAAJ Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio: Being the First Session of the Thirty-fifth General Assembly]. Columbus: State of Ohio, 1837, 798.{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=102|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=86}}

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Mercer County, Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio