West Austintown 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
Mahoning County, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
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 ...
.
History
West Austintown had its start in 1869 when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office called West Austintown was established in 1872, and remained in operation until 1929.
References
Unincorporated communities in Mahoning County, Ohio
1869 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1869
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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