Gilmore, Ohio

Gilmore is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States south of the village of Gnadenhutten.^[1] Gilmore sits on Tuscarawas County Road 10 (Gilmore Road) and is intersected by Tuscarawas County Road 14 (River Hill and Fallen Timber Roads) at Gilmore's square.

History

Gilmore platted in 1848.^[2] A post office called Gilmore was established in 1854, and remained in operation until 1950.^[3]

Notable person

Gilmore is the birthplace of legendary baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young, for whom the Cy Young Award was named.^[4]

References

↑ "Gilmore". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc. Warner, Beers & Company. 1884. p. 680.
↑ "Tuscarawas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
↑ "Cy Young". MLB.com. Retrieved October 17, 2011.

Municipalities and communities of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States

County seat: New Philadelphia

Cities	Dover New Philadelphia Uhrichsville

Villages	Baltic‡ Barnhill Bolivar Dennison Gnadenhutten Midvale Mineral City Newcomerstown Parral Port Washington Roswell Stone Creek Strasburg Sugarcreek Tuscarawas Zoar

Townships	Auburn Bucks Clay Dover Fairfield Franklin Goshen Jefferson Lawrence Mill Oxford Perry Rush Salem Sandy Sugar Creek Union Warren Warwick Washington Wayne York

CDPs	Dundee Sandyville

Unincorporated communities	Barrs Mills Bernice Blackband Columbia Eastport Gilmore Glasgow Goshen Hartwood Lock Seventeen Mount Tabor New Cumberland Newport Peoli Postboy Ragersville Rockford Somerdale Stillwater Wainwright West Chester Winfield Wolf Yorktown

Ghost town	Three Legs Town

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

Coordinates: 40°17′27″N 81°26′25″W / 40.29083°N 81.44028°W / 40.29083; -81.44028

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