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

History

The community has the name of the Moore family, first settlers at the town site.[2] A post office called Mooresville was established in 1857, and discontinued in 1858.[3] The post office later was known as Halltown.[4] The Halltown post office operated from 1889 until 1902.[5]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mooresville, Ohio
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1938). Chillicothe and Ross County. Works Progress Administration. p. 79.
  3. "Ross County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  4. Bennett, Henry Holcomb (1902). The County of Ross: A History of Ross County, Ohio, from the Earliest Days. Selwyn A. Brant. p. 352.
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Halltown Post Office (historical)

39°19′40″N 82°51′05″W / 39.32778°N 82.85139°W / 39.32778; -82.85139


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