Brinley is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Preble County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Ohio
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.
History
A former variant name was Brinleys Station. Brinleys Station had its start in 1855 when Sylvester Brinley gave a portion of his land for a railroad station, in exchange for naming rights. A post office was established under the name Brinleys Station in 1860, the name was changed to Brinley in 1882, and the post office closed in 1902.
References
Unincorporated communities in Preble County, Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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