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West Bedford, Ohio

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West Bedford is an unincorporated community in Bedford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.

History

West Bedford was laid out in 1817. The community's name is derived from Bedford County, Pennsylvania, the native home of Doreen Peterson Kinninger, an early settler. A post office was established at West Bedford in 1819, and remained in operation until 1955.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Bedford, Ohio
  2. Graham, Albert Adams (1881). History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. A. A. Graham. pp. 468. coshocton county ohio history.
  3. Hunt, William Ellis (1876). Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio: A Complete Panorama of the County, from the Time of the Earliest Known Occupants of the Territory Unto the Present Time, 1764-1876. R. Clarke & Company. p. 35.
  4. "Coshocton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
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40°15′33″N 82°04′36″W / 40.25917°N 82.07667°W / 40.25917; -82.07667

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