Ankenytown, Ohio
Ankenytown is an unincorporated community in Knox County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
History
A post office called Ankenytown operated between 1848 and 1938. The community was named for George Ankeny, an early settler and afterward state legislator. A variant name was Squeal.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ankenytown, Ohio
- ^ "Knox County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 4.
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