Geneva, Fairfield County, Ohio

Geneva is an unincorporated community in Fairfield County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

The community was named after Geneva, in Switzerland, the ancestral land of a large share of the early settlers.^[1] A variant name was Flagdale.^[2] A post office called Flagdale was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1903.^[3]

References

↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 50.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Geneva, Fairfield County, Ohio
↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Lancaster

Cities	Canal Winchester‡ Columbus‡ Lancaster Pickerington‡ Reynoldsburg‡

Villages	Amanda Baltimore Bremen Buckeye Lake‡ Carroll Lithopolis‡ Millersport Pleasantville Rushville Stoutsville Sugar Grove Tarlton‡ Thurston West Rushville

Townships	Amanda Berne Bloom Clearcreek Greenfield Hocking Liberty Madison Pleasant Richland Rush Creek Violet Walnut

CDPs	Fairfield Beach Hide-A-Way Hills‡

Unincorporated communities	Cedar Hill Colfax Delmont Dumontville Geneva Greencastle Hamburg Havensport Hooker Lockville New Salem New Strasburg North Berne Royalton

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

Coordinates: 39°39′43″N 82°26′01″W / 39.66194°N 82.43361°W / 39.66194; -82.43361

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