Middlebourne, Ohio

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

History

A post office was established at Middlebourne in 1829, and remained in operation until 1907.^[2] The community was so named on account of its relatively central location between Wheeling and Zanesville.^[3]

Notable person

C. Ellis Moore, a U.S. Representative from Ohio, was born near Middlebourne in 1884.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Middlebourne
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Middlebourne Post Office (historical)
↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 87.
↑ Congress, United States. (1922). Official Congressional Directory. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 88.

Municipalities and communities of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Cambridge

City	Cambridge

Villages	Byesville Cumberland Fairview‡ Lore City Old Washington Pleasant City Quaker City Senecaville

Townships	Adams Cambridge Center Jackson Jefferson Knox Liberty Londonderry Madison Millwood Monroe Oxford Richland Spencer Valley Washington Westland Wheeling Wills

CDPs	Buffalo Kimbolton

Unincorporated communities	Antrim Birds Run Birmingham Boden Claysville Craig Derwent Elizabethtown Guernsey Kings Mine Kipling Londonderry Middlebourne North Salem Opperman Robins Salesville Spencer Station Walhonding

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

Coordinates: 40°03′04″N 81°20′11″W / 40.05111°N 81.33639°W / 40.05111; -81.33639

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