Monroeville, Jefferson County, Ohio

Monroeville is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

A former variant name of Monroeville was Croxton,^[1] for founder Abraham Croxton.^[2] Monroeville was laid out in 1836.^[3] The name honors James Monroe, 5th President of the United States.^[2] A post office called Croxton was established in 1833, and remained in operation until 1895.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monroeville, Jefferson County, Ohio
1 2 Caldwell, John Alexander (1880). History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio: And Incidentally Historical Collections Pertaining to Border Warfare and the Early Settlement of the Adjacent Portion of the Ohio Valley. Historical Publishing Company. p. 579.
↑ Doyle, Joseph Beatty (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. p. 535.
↑ "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Steubenville

Cities	Steubenville Toronto

Villages	Adena‡ Amsterdam Bergholz Bloomingdale Dillonvale Empire Irondale Mingo Junction Mount Pleasant New Alexandria Rayland Richmond Smithfield Stratton Tiltonsville Wintersville Yorkville‡

Townships	Brush Creek Cross Creek Island Creek Knox Mount Pleasant Ross Salem Saline Smithfield Springfield Steubenville Warren Wayne Wells

CDPs	Brilliant Pottery Addition

Unincorporated communities	Alikanna Annapolis Bradley Calumet Circle Green Connorville Costonia Deyarmonville Dunglen East Springfield Emerson Fairplay Fernwood Georges Run Gould Greentown Hammondsville Herrick Hopewell Knoxville Monroeville New Somerset Osage Piney Fork Port Homer Pravo Ramsey Reeds Mill Rush Run Unionport Warrenton Wolf Run Weems York

Ghost town	Elliotsville McConnelsville

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

Coordinates: 40°35′52″N 80°50′15″W / 40.59778°N 80.83750°W / 40.59778; -80.83750

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