Lockville, Ohio

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

History

Lockville was named for the locks on a nearby canal.^[2] A post office called Lockville was established in 1849, and remained in operation until 1921.^[3]

Notable person

Charles M. Borchers, a U.S. Representative from Illinois, was born at Lockville in 1869.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lockville, Ohio
↑ Miller, Charles Christian (1912). History of Fairfield County, Ohio, and representative citizens. Chicago, Richmond-Arnold Pub. Co. p. 134.
↑ "Fairfield County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
↑ Past and Present of the City of Decatur and Macon County, Illinois. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. 1903. p. 115.

Municipalities and communities of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Lancaster

Cities	Canal Winchester‡ Columbus‡ Lancaster Pickerington‡ Reynoldsburg‡

Villages	Amanda Baltimore Bremen Buckeye Lake‡ Carroll Lithopolis‡ Millersport Pleasantville Rushville Stoutsville Sugar Grove Tarlton‡ Thurston West Rushville

Townships	Amanda Berne Bloom Clearcreek Greenfield Hocking Liberty Madison Pleasant Richland Rush Creek Violet Walnut

CDPs	Fairfield Beach Hide-A-Way Hills‡

Unincorporated communities	Cedar Hill Colfax Delmont Dumontville Greencastle Hamburg Havensport Hooker Lockville New Salem Royalton

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

Coordinates: 39°49′07″N 82°44′01″W / 39.81861°N 82.73361°W / 39.81861; -82.73361

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