Cuba, Clinton County, Ohio

Cuba is an unincorporated community in western Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45114.[1] It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 68 with State Route 350. In addition to the post office, the community is home to the Cuba Friends Meeting, a part of the Wilmington Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends.[2]

Location of Cuba, Ohio

History

Cuba was platted in 1814.[3] The origin of the name Cuba is obscure.[4] A post office called Cuba has been in operation since 1826.[5]

  • Cuba community sign
  • Looking east on Ohio Highway 350 in Cuba.

References
  1. Zip Code Lookup Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Cuba Friends Wilmington Yearly Meeting". Archived from the original on 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  3. Brown, Albert J. (1915). History of Clinton County, Ohio: Its People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. pp. 318.
  4. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 35.
  5. "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 19 December 2015.


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