Campbellstown, Ohio

Campbellstown, Ohio
Unincorporated community
Campbellstown, Ohio
Coordinates: 39°47′16″N 84°45′37″W / 39.78778°N 84.76028°W / 39.78778; -84.76028Coordinates: 39°47′16″N 84°45′37″W / 39.78778°N 84.76028°W / 39.78778; -84.76028
Country United States
State Ohio
County Preble
Elevation 1,188 ft (362 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 937
GNIS feature ID 1056762[1]

Campbellstown (also Florence, Florence Station) is an unincorporated community in Preble County, Ohio, United States.[1]

History

Campbellstown was originally called Florence Station, and under the latter name was laid out in 1852 when the railroad was extended to that point.[2] The present name honors a pioneer settler with the surname Campbell.[3] A post office called Campbellstown was established in 1854, and remained in operation until 1954.[4]

Notable person

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Campbellstown, Ohio". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Lowry, Robert Eaton (1915). History of Preble County, Ohio: Her People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 260.
  3. ↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 22.
  4. ↑ "Preble County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Don Elston Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com.
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