Ohio City is a

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Franklin County, Kansas Franklin County is a county located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Ottawa. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 25,996. The county was named for Benjamin Franklin, ...

, United States. Ohio City was issued a post office in 1857 but was discontinued and moved to

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in 1870.Post Offices in Franklin County Kansas, 1828-1961; Historical Society.
/ref> The town was one mile north and one mile east of where Princeton is currently located. In 1866, the town burnt to the ground, but everyone rebuilt it. It burnt to the ground a second time, then the town was moved to its current location and renamed Princeton. The last Ohio City remnants were removed in 1999. Now, there are no signs left that there was a town.

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