Wrightsville is an
unincorporated community
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in
Adams County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Ohio
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.
History
Wrightsville was
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bear ...
ted in 1847.
The post office Wrightsville once contained was first called Mahala, then Vineyard Hill.
The post office was established as Mahala in 1850, the name was changed to Vineyard Hill in 1857, and the post office closed in 1907.
References
Unincorporated communities in Adams County, Ohio
1847 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1847
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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