Moats is an unincorporated community in Defiance County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

A post office called Moats was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1905.[2] Little remains of the original community.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moats, Ohio
  2. "Defiance County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  3. Wolfe, Don (November 22, 1977). "Northwest Ohio's ghost towns chronicled". Toledo Blade. p. 16. Retrieved December 21, 2015.

41°19′54″N 84°31′33″W / 41.33167°N 84.52583°W / 41.33167; -84.52583


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