Houston, Ohio

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Houston /ˈhaʊstən/ is an unincorporated community in northern Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office and a grain elevator. It is home to Houston High School, which serves grades 7-12 and has approximately 400 students. Houston is part of the Hardin-Houston School District.

Although unincorporated, Houston has a local post office located near The Farmers Elevator Company.

The transmitter site of WHIO-FM (formerly WPTW-FM,WCLR and WDPT respectively and licensed to Piqua) is located south of the community on Aiken Road adjacent to State Route 66.

The southern portion of the community was once known as Mount Jefferson according to vintage road maps of the county before consolidation in the 1950s.

The unincorporated junction of Dawson is located a mile to the east on Hardin Station-Houston Road near the Conrail tracks....Further east by two miles is Bunker Hill within rural Loramie Township, noted for the Bunker Hill Baptist Church located near a wooded area and near the intersection of Houston Road and Patterson-Halpin Road.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Shelby County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Sidney

City	Sidney

Villages	Anna Botkins Ft. Loramie Jackson Center Kettlersville Lockington Port Jefferson Russia

Townships	Clinton Cynthian Dinsmore Franklin Green Jackson Loramie McLean Orange Perry Salem Turtle Creek Van Buren Washington

CDP	Newport

Unincorporated communities	Houston Kirkwood Maplewood McCartyville Montra Mount Jefferson Pemberton St. Patrick Swanders Tawawa

Coordinates: 40°15′16″N 84°20′13″W / 40.25444°N 84.33694°W / 40.25444; -84.33694

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