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==History==
==History==
New Martinsburg was originally called Martinsburg, and under the latter name was laid out in 1831.<ref>{{cite book|last=Allen|first=Frank M.|title=History of Fayette County, Ohio: Her People, Industries and Institutions|url=https://archive.org/details/historyfayettec00allegoog|year=1914|publisher=B. F. Bowen, Incorporated|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyfayettec00allegoog/page/n334 316]}}</ref> The community derives its name from [[Martinsburg, West Virginia]], the native home of a share of the first settlers.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=114|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=98}}</ref> A post office was established at New Martinsburg in 1831, and remained in operation until 1906.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Fayette | title=Fayette County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=13 December 2015}}</ref>
New Martinsburg was originally called Martinsburg until 1831.<ref>{{cite book|last=Allen|first=Frank M.|title=History of Fayette County, Ohio: Her People, Industries and Institutions|url=https://archive.org/details/historyfayettec00allegoog|year=1914|publisher=B. F. Bowen, Incorporated|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyfayettec00allegoog/page/n334 316]}}</ref> The community derives its name from [[Martinsburg, West Virginia]], the native home of a share of the first settlers.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=114|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=98}}</ref> A post office was established at New Martinsburg in 1831, and remained in operation until 1906.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Fayette | title=Fayette County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=13 December 2015}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 05:08, 30 January 2020

New Martinsburg is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

History

New Martinsburg was originally called Martinsburg until 1831.[2] The community derives its name from Martinsburg, West Virginia, the native home of a share of the first settlers.[3] A post office was established at New Martinsburg in 1831, and remained in operation until 1906.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Martinsburg, Ohio
  2. ^ Allen, Frank M. (1914). History of Fayette County, Ohio: Her People, Industries and Institutions. B. F. Bowen, Incorporated. p. 316.
  3. ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 98.
  4. ^ "Fayette County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

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