New California is a

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in central Jerome Township, Union County,

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, United States. It is located at , at the intersection of U.S. Route 42 and Industrial Parkway, just south of 42's intersection with U.S. Route 33.

Demographics

History

New California was

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ted in 1853. According to tradition, news of a man passing through the settlement to

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caused the name to be selected. The New California Post office was established on January 7, 1850, but was discontinued on May 14, 1904. The mail service is now sent through the Plain City branch. On September 19, 2009, a new Ohio

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was dedicated in New California. The marker symbolizes the fact that 367 men from Jerome Township joined the

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cause, giving it one of the highest per capita rates for service in the nation during the

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, and also the fact that seventeen of those veterans are buried in the community's small cemetery.Plain City Advocate, ''A historic occasion'', October 6, 2009

References

{{Authority control Census-designated places in Union County, Ohio