Pawnee, Ohio

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Pawnee is an unincorporated community in Medina County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.{{GNIS|1062934}}

History

Pawnee was originally called Esselburn's Corners, after Louis Esselburn, who started a general store there in 1872.{{cite book|title=History of Medina County and Ohio: Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmedinac00perr|year=1881|publisher=Baskin & Battey|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofmedinac00perr/page/503 503]}} A post office called Pawnee was established in 1879, and remained in operation until 1887.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Medina | title=Medina County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=15 January 2016}}

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Medina County, Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio

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