West Bedford, Ohio

West Bedford is an unincorporated community in Bedford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.^[1]

History

West Bedford was laid out in 1817.^[2] The community's name is derived from Bedford County, Pennsylvania, the native home of early settlers.^[3] A post office was established at West Bedford in 1819, and remained in operation until 1955.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Bedford, Ohio
↑ Graham, Albert Adams (1881). History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. A. A. Graham. p. 468.
↑ Hunt, William Ellis (1876). Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio: A Complete Panorama of the County, from the Time of the Earliest Known Occupants of the Territory Unto the Present Time, 1764-1876. R. Clarke & Company. p. 35.
↑ "Coshocton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Coshocton

City	Coshocton

Villages	Baltic‡ Conesville Nellie Plainfield Warsaw West Lafayette

Townships	Adams Bedford Bethlehem Clark Crawford Franklin Jackson Jefferson Keene Lafayette Linton Mill Creek Monroe Newcastle Oxford Perry Pike Tiverton Tuscarawas Virginia Washington White Eyes

CDPs	Canal Lewisville Fresno

Unincorporated communities	Bacon Bakersville Blissfield Cavallo Chili Cooperdale Helmick Keene Linton Mills Maysville Mohawk Village Morgan Run New Bedford New Guilford New Moscow New Princeton Newcastle Orange Spring Mountain Tiverton Center Tunnel Hill Tyrone Wakatomika Walhonding West Bedford West Carlisle Wills Creek

Ghost towns	Birmingham Custalogas Town Delaneysville Delaware Town Lichtenau McGuire

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

Coordinates: 40°15′33″N 82°04′36″W / 40.25917°N 82.07667°W / 40.25917; -82.07667

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