Slocum, Ohio

Slocum is an unincorporated community in Scioto County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

Variant names were Slocums, Slocums Station, Wait, and Watt.^[1] A post office called Slocums Station was established in 1866, and closed in 1869. The post office reopened under the name Waits in 1875, the name was changed to Wait in 1894, and the post office was discontinued in 1906.^[2] Members of the Slocum family were among the early settlers at Slocums Station.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Slocum, Ohio
↑ "Scioto County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
↑ Evans, Nelson Wiley (1903). A History of Scioto County, Ohio: Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio. N. W. Evans. p. 393.

Municipalities and communities of Scioto County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Portsmouth

City	Portsmouth

Villages	New Boston Otway Rarden South Webster

Townships	Bloom Brush Creek Clay Green Harrison Jefferson Madison Morgan Nile Porter Rarden Rush Union Valley Vernon Washington

CDPs	Clarktown Franklin Furnace Friendship Lucasville McDermott Minford Rosemount Sciotodale West Portsmouth Wheelersburg

Unincorporated communities	Alexandria Bear Creek Bloom Junction Buena Vista Dry Run Eifort‡ Hales Creek Harrison Mills Haverhill Henley Junior Furnace Lombardsville Lyra McGaw Mount Joy Mule Town Pinkerman Pond Run Powellsville Rushtown Scioto Furnace Sedan Slocum Wallace Mills

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

Coordinates: 38°45′59″N 82°50′33″W / 38.76639°N 82.84250°W / 38.76639; -82.84250

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