Postboy, Ohio

Postboy is an unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.^[1]

History

A post office called Post Boy was established in 1879, the name was changed to Postboy in 1893, and the post office closed in 1926.^[2] The community takes its name from nearby Postboy Creek.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Postboy, Ohio
↑ "Tuscarawas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 114.

Municipalities and communities of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States

County seat: New Philadelphia

Cities	Dover New Philadelphia Uhrichsville

Villages	Baltic‡ Barnhill Bolivar Dennison Gnadenhutten Midvale Mineral City Newcomerstown Parral Port Washington Roswell Stone Creek Strasburg Sugarcreek Tuscarawas Zoar

Townships	Auburn Bucks Clay Dover Fairfield Franklin Goshen Jefferson Lawrence Mill Oxford Perry Rush Salem Sandy Sugar Creek Union Warren Warwick Washington Wayne York

CDPs	Dundee Sandyville

Unincorporated communities	Barrs Mills Bernice Blackband Columbia Eastport Gilmore Glasgow Goshen Hartwood Lock Seventeen Mount Tabor New Cumberland Newport Peoli Postboy Ragersville Rockford Somerdale Stillwater Wainwright West Chester Winfield Wolf Yorktown Zoarville

Ghost town	Three Legs Town

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°13′37″N 81°35′03″W / 40.22694°N 81.58417°W / 40.22694; -81.58417

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