Flora is an extinct town in Meigs County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.[1]

History

A post office was established at Flora in 1884, and remained in operation until 1949.[2] An early settler gave the community the name of his daughter Flora.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flora
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flora Post Office (historical)
  3. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 45.

39°09′53″N 81°58′42″W / 39.16472°N 81.97833°W / 39.16472; -81.97833


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