Cicero is an extinct town in
Defiance County
Defiance County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,286. Its county seat and largest city is Defiance. The county was named after an early Army fortification, Fort Defiance, which was ...
, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
.
History
Cicero had its start in 1846 when a sawmill was built there.
Once the surrounding forests were depleted, the sawmill closed and the town's population dwindled.
Cicero had a post office from 1852 until it was discontinued in 1901.
References
Geography of Defiance County, Ohio
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