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Afton, Ohio

Coordinates: 39°3′43″N 84°6′2″W / 39.06194°N 84.10056°W / 39.06194; -84.10056
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Afton is an unincorporated community in Clermont County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

History

A post office called California was established in 1849, the name was changed to Afton in 1865, and the post office closed in 1912.[2] Besides the post office, Afton had a station on the Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Afton, Ohio
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Afton Post Office (historical)
  3. ^ Everts, Louis H. (1880). History of Clermont County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. p. 296.

39°3′43″N 84°6′2″W / 39.06194°N 84.10056°W / 39.06194; -84.10056