Geneva, Fairfield County, Ohio

Geneva is an unincorporated community in Fairfield County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

For other uses, see Geneva (disambiguation).

History

The community was named after Geneva, in Switzerland, the ancestral land of a large share of the early settlers.[1] A variant name was Flagdale.[2] A post office called Flagdale was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1903.[3]

References
  1. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 50.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Geneva, Fairfield County, Ohio
  3. "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2016.


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