Mentor 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
Garfield County Garfield County is the name of several counties in the United States:
* Garfield County, Colorado
*Garfield County, Montana
*Garfield County, Nebraska
*Garfield County, Oklahoma
* Garfield County, Utah
*Garfield County, Washington
Garfie ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Washington
Washington most commonly refers to:
* George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States
* Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A ...
.
The community was named after
Mentor, Ohio
Mentor ( ) is the largest city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 47,450 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area.
Mentor was first settled in 1797. In 1876, James A. Garfield purchased a home in ...
.
U.S. Route 12
U.S. Route 12 or U.S. Highway 12 (US 12) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway, running from Aberdeen, Washington, to Detroit, Michigan, for almost . The highway has mostly been superseded by Interstate 90 (I-90 ...
passes through the community, connecting it with
Pomeroy, the county seat, to the west. The road follows the valley of Pataha Creek in this area.
References
Unincorporated communities in Garfield County, Washington
Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)
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