Emerson, Ohio

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

History

Emerson was originally called Trenton, and under the latter name was laid out around 1815.[2] A post office called Emerson was established in 1882, and remained in operation until 1932.[3] Besides the post office, Emerson had its own schoolhouse.[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Emerson, Ohio
  2. Doyle, Joseph Beatty (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. p. 490.
  3. "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. Doyle, Joseph Beatty (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. p. 681.


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