Goes Station, Ohio
Goes Station (also known as Goes) is a small unincorporated community in northern Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States. It sits at the intersection of Snively Road and U.S. Route 68 between Xenia and Yellow Springs.
The community is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
A post office called Goes Station was established in 1872, the name was changed to Goes in 1894, and the post office closed in 1932. Goe was the last name of a local settler. Goes Station was a depot on the Springfield and Xenia Railroad, which was built to serve as the company town of the Miami Powder Company on the Little Miami River.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Goes
- ^ Wright-Patterson Air Force Base AirCraft Crash Grid Map, US Government Printing Office 1985 - 560-720, Goes Station X16, Y32
- ^ "Greene County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ^ Dills, R. S. (1881). History of Greene County: Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, and the State of Ohio ... Odell & Mayer. p. 374.
- ^ Greene County, 1803-1908. Aldine Publishing House. 1908. pp. 135.
- ^ Burba, Howard (March 5, 1933). "Remember When the Powder Mills Exploded?". Dayton Daily News – via Dayton History Books Online.
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