Foraker 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 Hardin County, in the

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History

Foraker was originally called Oakland, and under the latter name was laid out in 1886. The present name is for

Joseph B. Foraker Joseph Benson Foraker (July 5, 1846 – May 10, 1917) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 37th governor of Ohio from 1886 to 1890 and as a United States senator from Ohio from 1897 until 1909. Foraker was ...

, 37th Governor of Ohio. A post office called Foraker was established in 1883, and remained in operation until 1941.

References

Unincorporated communities in Hardin County, Ohio 1886 establishments in Ohio Populated places established in 1886 Unincorporated communities in Ohio {{HardinCountyOH-geo-stub