Antrim, Ohio

Antrim is an unincorporated community in Guernsey County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.^[1]

History

Antrim was laid out in 1830.^[2] The community was named after County Antrim, Ireland, the ancestral home of a share of the first settlers.^[3] A post office was established at Antrim in 1830, and remained in operation until 1957.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Antrim, Ohio
↑ Sarchet, Cyrus Parkinson Beatty (1911). History of Guernsey County, Ohio, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Company. p. 340.
↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 5.
↑ "Guernsey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Cambridge

City	Cambridge

Villages	Byesville Cumberland Fairview‡ Lore City Old Washington Pleasant City Quaker City Senecaville

Townships	Adams Cambridge Center Jackson Jefferson Knox Liberty Londonderry Madison Millwood Monroe Oxford Richland Spencer Valley Washington Westland Wheeling Wills

CDPs	Buffalo Kimbolton

Unincorporated communities	Antrim Birds Run Birmingham Boden Claysville Craig Derwent Elizabethtown Guernsey Kings Mine Kipling Londonderry Middlebourne North Salem Opperman Robins Salesville Spencer Station Walhonding

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°7′14″N 81°21′32″W / 40.12056°N 81.35889°W / 40.12056; -81.35889

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