Dillon Falls is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Muskingum County
Muskingum County ( ) is a county located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,410. Its county seat is Zanesville. Nearly bisected by the Muskingum River, the county name is based ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Ohio
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.
History
Dillon Falls was named for Moses Dillon, who settled here at the
falls of the
Licking River. A variant name was Dillon. A post office called Dillon was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1908. Besides the post office, Dillon Falls had a station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
References
Unincorporated communities in Muskingum County, Ohio
1887 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1887
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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