Egypt is an

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in western Jackson Township,

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. Located at (40.3856031, -84.4330070), the community sits at an elevation of 971 feet (296 m), approximately west of the village of Minster. In the community's earliest years, travel in the vicinity was extremely difficult due to the muck of the

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. The name "Egypt" was supplied by one of the early pioneers. The community remained small; some of the early settlers are said to have remarked that "this place smells".McMurray, William J., ed. ''History of Auglaize County Ohio''. Vol. 1.

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: Historical Publishing Company, 1923. Because the people of the community could only attend church in Minster with great difficulty, they made a petition for a church in Egypt; accordingly, St. Joseph's Catholic Church was organized in 1852.Brown, Mary Ann. ''Ohio Historic Inventory Nomination: Egypt Catholic Church''.

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, February 1977. Egypt has always been small; its people were collectively able to raise only eight hundred dollars for the construction of their new church in 1852, and in 1977 it had only a single business. It is distinguished by St. Joseph's Church, which was added to the

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in 1979. The community also includes a

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, as well as the site of a former school.

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{{Authority control Unincorporated communities in Auglaize County, Ohio Populated places established in 1852 German-American history Unincorporated communities in Ohio