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Neptune, Ohio

Coordinates: 40°36′11″N 84°29′30″W / 40.60306°N 84.49167°W / 40.60306; -84.49167
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Neptune is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

History

Neptune was laid out in 1837.[2] A post office was established at Neptune in 1839, and remained in operation until 1905.[3]

Notable person

Lemuel Herbert Murlin, a president of Boston University, was born near Neptune in 1861.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Neptune, Ohio
  2. ^ Scranton, S. S. (1907). History of Mercer County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 128.
  3. ^ "Mercer County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  4. ^ Portrait and Biographical Record of Leavenworth, Douglas and Franklin Counties, Kansas: Containing Portraits, Biographies and Genealogies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present. Chapman publishing Company. 1899. p. 199.

40°36′11″N 84°29′30″W / 40.60306°N 84.49167°W / 40.60306; -84.49167