Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.
Mount Tabor is an unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County , in the U.S. state of Ohio .[ 1]
History
The first settlement at Mount Tabor was made in 1830.[ 2] A variant name was Tabor.[ 1] A post office called Tabor was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1863.[ 3]
Antebellum Tabor was described as "an Oberlin town", where "the people were all wonderfully devoted to the cause of free Kansas ."[ 4] That is, they were anti-slavery .
References
^ a b 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 .
40°31′12″N 81°22′23″W / 40.52000°N 81.37306°W / 40.52000; -81.37306