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

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

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


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