Ankenytown, Ohio

Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.

Ankenytown is an unincorporated community in Knox County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

History

A post office called Ankenytown operated between 1848 and 1938.[2] The community was named for George Ankeny, an early settler and afterward state legislator.[3] A variant name was Squeal.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ankenytown, Ohio
  2. ^ "Knox County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  3. ^ Graham, Albert Adams (1881). History of Knox County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio. A. A. Graham & Company. p. 425.
  4. ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 4.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Municipalities and communities of Knox County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Mount Vernon
City
  • Mount Vernon
Map of Ohio highlighting Knox County
Villages
  • Centerburg
  • Danville
  • Fredericktown
  • Gambier
  • Gann
  • Martinsburg
  • Utica‡
TownshipsCDPsUnincorporated
communitiesGhost townFootnotes
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
  • Ohio portal
  • United States portal

40°32′03″N 82°30′18″W / 40.53417°N 82.50500°W / 40.53417; -82.50500


Stub icon

This Knox County, Ohio state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e