Flora, Ohio

Flora is an extinct town in Meigs County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.^[1]

History

A post office was established at Flora in 1884, and remained in operation until 1949.^[2] An early settler gave the community the name of his daughter Flora.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flora
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flora Post Office (historical)
↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 45.

Municipalities and communities of Meigs County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Pomeroy

Villages	Middleport Pomeroy Racine Rutland Syracuse

Townships	Bedford Chester Columbia Lebanon Letart Olive Orange Rutland Salem Salisbury Scipio Sutton

CDP	Tuppers Plains

Unincorporated communities	Antiquity Apple Grove Carletonville Carpenter Chester Darwin Harrisonville Kingsbury Langsville Letart Falls Long Bottom Portland Reedsville Salem Center Silver Run Spiller Success Welsh

Ghost town	Flora

Coordinates: 39°09′53″N 81°58′42″W / 39.16472°N 81.97833°W / 39.16472; -81.97833

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