Raccoon Town is a ghost town in Monroe Township, Licking County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]
History
Raccoon Town was settled by Euro-American settlers in 1807 at the site of a former Wyandot village.[2] The town took its name from nearby Raccoon Creek.[2]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Raccoon Town (historical)
- 1 2 Brister, Edwin M. P. (1909). Centennial History of the City of Newark and Licking County, Ohio. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 355.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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