Elmira, Ohio

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

History

A post office was established at Elmira in 1839,[2][3] and about eleven years later was moved to Burlington where the office apparently retained the name Elmira.[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elmira, Ohio
  2. Aldrich, Lewis Cass (1888). History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio. D. Mason & Company. p. 514.
  3. "Fulton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. Reighard, Frank H. (1920). A Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio (Volume 1). Lewis Publishing Company. p. 291.

Coordinates: 41°34′44″N 84°18′24″W / 41.57889°N 84.30667°W / 41.57889; -84.30667

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