Elmira, Ohio

Elmira is an unincorporated community in Fulton County, Ohio, United States.[1]

History

A post office was established at Elmira in 1839,[2][3] and about eleven years later was moved to Burlington where the office apparently retained the name Elmira.[4]

Elmira is a trailhead for the Wabash Cannonball Trail, a rail trail conversion of the defunct Wabash Railroad.[5][6] A 210-foot railroad bridge spans the Tiffin River on the trail just west of the community.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elmira, Ohio
  2. ^ Aldrich, Lewis Cass (1888). History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio. D. Mason & Company. p. 514.
  3. ^ "Fulton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on September 15, 2005. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  4. ^ Reighard, Frank H. (1920). A Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio (Volume 1). Lewis Publishing Company. p. 291.
  5. ^ "Mileage Chart" (PDF). WabashCannonballTrail.Org. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  6. ^ "Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)". Google Maps. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  7. ^ "Trails, Festivals and Rails: Bicycling Through Ohio". Ohio.org. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  8. ^ "Tiffin 210". GeoCaching.com. Retrieved April 2, 2016.

41°34′44″N 84°18′24″W / 41.57889°N 84.30667°W / 41.57889; -84.30667


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