Mount Tabor, Ohio
Mount Tabor is an unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
History
The first settlement at Mount Tabor was made in 1830. A variant name was Tabor. A post office called Tabor was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1863.
Antebellum Tabor was described as "an Oberlin town", where "the people were all wonderfully devoted to the cause of free Kansas." That is, they were anti-slavery.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Tabor, Ohio
- ^ The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc. Warner, Beers & Company. 1884. p. 548.
- ^ "Tuscarawas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ^ "Old-Time Kansas Anecdotes. No. viii—Old John Brown's Son". Kansas Tribune (Lawrence, Kansas). January 4, 1872. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
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40°31′12″N 81°22′23″W / 40.52000°N 81.37306°W
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