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Junior Furnace is an unincorporated community in Scioto County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

The community's namesake Junior Furnace was a blast furnace built in 1828; the name was prefixed "Junior" because the property was two years younger than nearby Franklin Furnace.

Notable person

Thomas H. Carter, a United States Senator from Montana, was born at Junior Furnace in 1854.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Junior Furnace, Ohio
2. Evans, Nelson Wiley (1903). A History of Scioto County, Ohio: Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio. N. W. Evans. p. 371.
3. Knox, Thomas Wallace (1892). The Republican Party and Its Leaders: A History of the Party from Its Beginning to the Present Time. P. F. Collier. p. 372.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Scioto County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Portsmouth
City	Portsmouth
Villages	New Boston Otway Rarden South Webster
Townships	Bloom Brush Creek Clay Green Harrison Jefferson Madison Morgan Nile Porter Rarden Rush Union Valley Vernon Washington
CDPs	Clarktown Franklin Furnace Friendship Lucasville McDermott Minford Rosemount Sciotodale West Portsmouth Wheelersburg
Unincorporated communities	Alexandria Bear Creek Bloom Junction Buena Vista Dry Run Eifort‡ Hales Creek Harrison Mills Haverhill Henley Junior Furnace Lombardsville Lyra McGaw Mount Joy Mule Town Pinkerman Pond Run Powellsville Rushtown Scioto Furnace Sedan Slocum Wallace Mills
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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