Afton is an

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in Clermont County, in the

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History

A post office called California was established in 1849, the name was changed to Afton in 1865, and the post office closed in 1912. Besides the post office, Afton had a station on the Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad, today the

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(CCET).

References

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