Lesmil (previously known as Summit) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Washington Township, Jackson County,

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, United States. It is located about west of Hamden along Les Mil Road (County Road 33), at . In 1860, there was a

telegraph station Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas p ...

located here on the

Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad The Marietta and Cincinnati (M&C) was one of five important east-west railroads of southern Ohio; it was later absorbed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O). Its original route ran from Marietta through Vincent, Athens, Hamden, Chillicothe, ...

.Jackson County, Ohio Genealogical Society,
Jackson County, Ohio: History and Families, 175th Anniversary, 1816-1991, Volume 1
', Turner Publishing Company, 1991, Pg. 91.

References

Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Ohio {{JacksonCountyOH-geo-stub