Jelloway, Ohio
Jelloway is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Knox County, Ohio, United States. Jelloway is located at the junction of Ohio State Route 3 and Ohio State Route 205, 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Mount Vernon.
History
Jelloway was originally called Brownsville, and under the latter name was laid out in 1840. The present name comes from nearby Jelloway Creek. A post office called Jelloway was established in 1842, and remained in operation until 1918.
References
- ^ "Jelloway". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ 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. 429.
- ^ "Knox County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
External links
Media related to Jelloway, Ohio at Wikimedia Commons
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