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West Bedford is an unincorporated community in Bedford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.[1]

History

West Bedford was laid out in 1817.[2] The community's name is derived from Bedford County, Pennsylvania, the native home of Doreen Peterson Kinninger, an early settler.[3] A post office was established at West Bedford in 1819, and remained in operation until 1955.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Bedford, Ohio
  2. ^ Graham, Albert Adams (1881). History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. A. A. Graham. pp. 468. coshocton county ohio history.
  3. ^ Hunt, William Ellis (1876). Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio: A Complete Panorama of the County, from the Time of the Earliest Known Occupants of the Territory Unto the Present Time, 1764-1876. R. Clarke & Company. p. 35.
  4. ^ "Coshocton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 December 2015.


40°15′33″N 82°04′36″W / 40.25917°N 82.07667°W / 40.25917; -82.07667

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