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Raccoon Town, Ohio

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Ghost town in Ohio, United States

Raccoon Town is a ghost town in Monroe Township, Licking County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

Raccoon Town was settled by Euro-American settlers in 1807 at the site of a former Wyandot village. The town took its name from nearby Raccoon Creek.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Raccoon Town (historical)
  2. ^ Brister, Edwin M. P. (1909). Centennial History of the City of Newark and Licking County, Ohio. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 355.
Municipalities and communities of Licking County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Newark
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