Columbia, Williams County, Ohio
Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.
Columbia is an unincorporated community in Williams County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]
History
Columbia was founded in 1854.[2]
The village was the terminus of the St Joseph Valley Railway from 1915 to 1918, running from Angola, Indiana. This was a failed interurban electric railroad project attempting to create a passenger service between Chicago and Toledo, but which was never electrified.[3]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Columbia, Williams County, Ohio
- ^ Bowersox, Charles A. (1920). A Standard History of Williams County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 382.
- ^ Hilton & Due: Electric Interurban Railways of America Sanford University Press 2000 p. 276
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Municipalities and communities of Williams County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Bryan
- Bryan
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- Blakeslee
- Edgerton
- Edon
- Holiday City
- Montpelier
- Pioneer
- Stryker
- West Unity
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41°37′59″N 84°47′19″W / 41.63306°N 84.78861°W / 41.63306; -84.78861
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