en Avis, Ohio

Avis is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

Avis was once a station on the railroad but the site was not officially platted.^[1] A former variant name of Avis was Bushong.^[2] A post office called Bushong was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1903.^[3] Little remains of the original community.Ohio. Two houses. Once owned by Hubert Bernard and Adelia Rechtine Buddelmeyer. Adelia Buddelmeyer ran a general store in Avis for over 40 years.^[4]

References

^ Kinder, George D. (1915). History of Putnam County, Ohio : its peoples, industries, and institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 119.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Avis, Ohio
^ "Putnam County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
^ Wolfe, Don (March 5, 1982). "Cityless Putnam County almost loses village". Toledo Blade. p. 21. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

41°01′15″N 84°10′09″W / 41.02083°N 84.16917°W / 41.02083; -84.16917

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

[1] Kinder, George D. (1915). History of Putnam County, Ohio : its peoples, industries, and institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 119.

[2] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Avis, Ohio

[3] "Putnam County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 14, 2015.

[4] Wolfe, Don (March 5, 1982). "Cityless Putnam County almost loses village". Toledo Blade. p. 21. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]