Edinburgh, Ohio

For the community in Portage County, see Edinburg, Ohio.

Edinburgh (also spelled Edinburg) is a ghost town in Delaware County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. It was located in Scioto Township, but the precise location of the extinct town is unknown to the GNIS.^[1]

History

Edinburg(h) was originally called Fairview, and under the latter name was settled around 1815. The town at first grew rapidly, but with construction of the railroad, business activity shifted to nearby Ostrander, and the town's population dwindled.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Edinburgh (historical)
↑ History of Delaware County and Ohio. O. L. Baskin & Company. 1880. p. 490.

Municipalities and communities of Delaware County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Delaware

Cities	Columbus‡ Delaware Dublin‡ Powell Westerville‡

Villages	Ashley Galena Ostrander Shawnee Hills Sunbury

Townships	Berkshire Berlin Brown Concord Delaware Genoa Harlem Kingston Liberty Marlboro Orange Oxford Porter Radnor Scioto Thompson Trenton Troy

CDPs	Kilbourne Radnor

Unincorporated communities	Africa Alum Creek Bellepoint Berkshire Center Village Cheshire Condit East Liberty Harlem Hyatts Kingston Center Leonardsburg Lewis Center Norton Olive Green Orange Rome Stratford Vans Valley White Sulphur

Ghost towns	Carpenter's Mill Coles Mills Cones Mills Edinburgh

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°16′39″N 83°12′53″W / 40.27750°N 83.21472°W / 40.27750; -83.21472

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