Cuba is an
unincorporated community
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in western
Washington Township,
Clinton County Clinton County may refer to:
*Counties named for George Clinton, first and third Governor of New York, and later the fourth Vice President of the United States:
**Clinton County, New York
** Clinton County, Ohio
*Counties named for DeWitt Clinton, ...
,
Ohio
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,
United States
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.
It has a
post office
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with the
ZIP code 45114. It lies at the intersection of
U.S. Route 68
U.S. Route 68 (US 68) is a United States highway that runs for from northwest Ohio to Western Kentucky. The highway's western terminus is at U.S. Route 62 in Kentucky, US 62 in Reidland, Kentucky. Its present eastern terminus is at Interstate 7 ...
with
State Route 350. In addition to the post office, the community is home to the Cuba Friends Meeting, a part of the Wilmington Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends.
History
Cuba 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 Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...
ted in 1814. The origin of the name Cuba is obscure. A post office called Cuba has been in operation since 1826.
Gallery
File:Cuba1.JPG, Cuba community sign
File:Cuba2.JPG, Looking east on Ohio Highway 350 in Cuba.
References
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Clinton County, Ohio
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