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in Jefferson Township, Madison County,

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, 2006, Pg. 80 The community was never actually laid out, but simply formed around a crossroads. As of 1915, the community contained one general store, one hardware store, one blacksmith, and only six houses.Bryan, Chester E.,
History of Madison County, Ohio
', B.F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,

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, 1915, Pg. 181.

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