Oldtown is an

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in Xenia Township, Greene County, in the

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History

Oldtown was founded on a site which had been home to one of Ohio's largest

Shawnee The Shawnee are an Algonquian-speaking indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. In the 17th century they lived in Pennsylvania, and in the 18th century they were in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with some bands in Kentucky a ...

settlements. White settlers first called the place Old Chillicothe, and under the latter name was it

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ted in 1839. A post office called Old Town was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1902. The Great Council State Park, with a mission of educating the public about Tecumseh and the Shawnee, is scheduled to open in Oldtown in 2023.

References

Unincorporated communities in Greene County, Ohio 1839 establishments in Ohio Populated places established in 1839 Unincorporated communities in Ohio {{GreeneCountyOH-geo-stub