Mercer, Ohio

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

History

Mercer was laid out in 1833.^[2] A post office was established at Mercer in 1837, and remained in operation until 1957.^[3] The community's original name was "Milan", but an act of the General Assembly changed its name to "Mercer" in 1837.^[4] The present name honors Hugh Mercer.^[5]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mercer, Ohio
↑ Scranton, S. S. (1907). History of Mercer County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 151.
↑ "Mercer County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
↑ 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.
↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 86.

Municipalities and communities of Mercer County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Celina

City	Celina

Villages	Burkettsville‡ Chickasaw Coldwater Ft. Recovery Mendon Montezuma Rockford St. Henry

Townships	Black Creek Butler Center Dublin Franklin Gibson Granville Hopewell Jefferson Liberty Marion Recovery Union Washington

Unincorporated communities	Carthagena Cassella Chattanooga Cranberry Prairie Erastus Macedon Maria Stein Mercer Monterey Neptune Padua Philothea Saint Joseph St. Rose Sebastian Sharpsburg Wabash Wendelin

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

Coordinates: 40°39′18″N 84°35′08″W / 40.65500°N 84.58556°W / 40.65500; -84.58556

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