Zoar is an
unincorporated community
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in northern
Hamilton Township,
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* Warren County, Illinois
* Warren County ...
,
Ohio
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,
United States
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. It is located on the
3C Highway
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about one mile east of
Hopkinsville and three miles west of
Morrow
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*Morrow, Georgia
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in
Virginia Military District
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Military Survey 1546.
A large share of the first settlers of Zoar were Germans.
By the 1840s, Zoar was a local commercial center.
With the construction of the railroad, business activity shifted away from inland Zoar, and the town's population dwindled.
References
Unincorporated communities in Warren County, Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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