Rome is a ghost town in South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

History

Rome was laid out in 1827 by Lemuel Potter.[2][3] The town failed to meet Potter's expectations, as one 19th-century writer remarks "it did not bear any resemblance to ancient Rome".[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rome (historical)
  2. Baughman, Abraham J.; Bartlett, Robert Franklin (1911). History of Morrow County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 368.
  3. "Morrow County". Ohio Ghost Towns. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
  4. History of Morrow County and Ohio: Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio. O.L. Baskin & Company. 1880. p. 462.

40°24′32″N 82°42′19″W / 40.408755°N 82.705301°W / 40.408755; -82.705301


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