Kingman 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
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, ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
. Nearby North Kingman is also listed by the
GNIS
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as a populated place.
History
Kingman had its start when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office called Kingman was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1905.
References
Unincorporated communities in Clinton County, Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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