Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.
Oldtown, Ohio, looking north on U.S. Route 68 , May 2018
Oldtown is an unincorporated community in Xenia Township , Greene County , in the U.S. state of Ohio .[ 1]
History
Oldtown was founded on a site which had been home to one of Ohio's largest Shawnee settlements.[ 2]
White settlers first called the place Old Chillicothe , and under the latter name was it platted in 1839.[ 3] A post office called Old Town was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1902.[ 4]
The Great Council State Park , with a mission of educating the public about Tecumseh and the Shawnee, opened in Oldtown on June 7, 2024.[ 5]
References
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oldtown, Ohio
^ Robinson, G.F. History of Greene County, Ohio . Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 177. ISBN 978-5-87776-001-1 .
^ Dills, R. S. (1881). History of Greene County: Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, and the State of Ohio ... Odell & Mayer. p. 436.
^ "Greene County" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 13, 2016 .
^ Bishop, London (June 7, 2024). " "It's our homeland;" How 3 Shawnee tribes helped shape Ohio's newest state park" . Dayton Daily News . Archived from the original on June 7, 2024. Retrieved December 6, 2024 .
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