Mineral Springs, Ohio

Mineral Springs is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Ohio, United States.[1]

2005 photograph of a preserved wooden one-room schoolhouse in the community of Mineral Springs in Ohio
Preserved one-room schoolhouse in Mineral Springs (2005)

History

A post office called Mineral Springs was established in 1868 and remained in operation until 1919.[2] The community was named for a mineral spa near it.[3]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mineral Springs, Ohio
  2. "Adams County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  3. Evans, Nelson Wiley; Stivers, Emmons B. (1900). A History of Adams County, Ohio: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. E B. Stivers. p. 445.

38°53′13″N 83°19′46″W

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