Neptune, Ohio

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

History

Neptune was laid out in 1837.^[2] A post office was established at Neptune in 1839, and remained in operation until 1905.^[3]

Notable person

Lemuel Herbert Murlin, a president of Boston University, was born near Neptune in 1861.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Neptune, Ohio
↑ Scranton, S. S. (1907). History of Mercer County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 128.
↑ "Mercer County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
↑ Portrait and Biographical Record of Leavenworth, Douglas and Franklin Counties, Kansas: Containing Portraits, Biographies and Genealogies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present. Chapman publishing Company. 1899. p. 199.

Municipalities and communities of Mercer County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Celina

City	Celina

Villages	Burkettsville‡ Chickasaw Coldwater Ft. Recovery Mendon Montezuma Rockford St. Henry

Townships	Black Creek Butler Center Dublin Franklin Gibson Granville Hopewell Jefferson Liberty Marion Recovery Union Washington

Unincorporated communities	Carthagena Cassella Chattanooga Cranberry Prairie Erastus Macedon Maria Stein Mercer Monterey Neptune Padua Philothea Saint Joseph Saint Rosa Sebastian Sharpsburg Wabash Wendelin

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

Coordinates: 40°36′11″N 84°29′30″W / 40.60306°N 84.49167°W / 40.60306; -84.49167

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