Goes Station, Ohio
Goes Station (also known as Goes)[1] is a small unincorporated community in northern Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States. It sits at the intersection of Snively Road and U.S. Route 68 between Xenia and Yellow Springs.[2]
The community is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
A post office called Goes Station was established in 1872, the name was changed to Goes in 1894, and the post office closed in 1932.[3] Goe was the last name of a local settler.[4] Goes Station was a depot on the Springfield and Xenia Railroad,[5] which was built to serve as the company town of the Miami Powder Company on the Little Miami River.[6]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Goes
- ^ Wright-Patterson Air Force Base AirCraft Crash Grid Map, US Government Printing Office 1985 - 560-720, Goes Station X16, Y32
- ^ "Greene County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ^ Dills, R. S. (1881). History of Greene County: Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, and the State of Ohio ... Odell & Mayer. p. 374.
- ^ Greene County, 1803-1908. Aldine Publishing House. 1908. pp. 135.
- ^ Burba, Howard (March 5, 1933). "Remember When the Powder Mills Exploded?". Dayton Daily News – via Dayton History Books Online.
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