Slater is an
unincorporated community in
Clay Township,
Auglaize County,
Ohio, United States. It is located southeast of
Wapakoneta and just south of
Saint Johns, on Geyer Road between Clay Road (Township Road 126) and Gutman Road (Township Road 116), at .
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The Slater Crossing Station was built in 1893 for the Ohio Southern Railroad, the building was later moved to a farm south of the Slater railroad crossing and stood until the early 1980s. Although there was never a post office here, Slater, Ohio is listed as a shipping and mailing address with the US Express and on the St. Marys Branch of the ]Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad
The Toledo and Ohio Central Railway (T&OC) was a railway company in the U.S. state of Ohio from 1885 to 1952. In 1928 it was leased by the New York Central System, which purchased the line in 1938.
Precursors
*Atlantic & Lake Erie Railroad
...
in 1903.
ABC Pathfinder Shipping and Mailing Guide
', New England Railway Publishing Company, 1903, Pg. 692.
References
Unincorporated communities in Auglaize County, Ohio
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