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Brandon is an unincorporated community in Knox County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

History

Brandon was originally called Four Corners, then Hildreth, but the site was never legally platted on account of a land dispute in the 1840s.[2] A post office was first established there under the name Hildreths in 1839.[3] The post office's name was changed to Brandon in 1848, and remained in operation until 1902.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brandon, Ohio
  2. ^ Graham, Albert Adams (1881). History of Knox County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio. A. A. Graham & Company. p. 526.
  3. ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 18.
  4. ^ "Knox County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

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