Junior Furnace is an unincorporated community in Scioto County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

History

The community's namesake Junior Furnace was a blast furnace built in 1828; the name was prefixed "Junior" because the property was two years younger than nearby Franklin Furnace.[2]

Notable person

Thomas H. Carter, a United States Senator from Montana, was born at Junior Furnace in 1854.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Junior Furnace, Ohio
  2. ^ Evans, Nelson Wiley (1903). A History of Scioto County, Ohio: Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio. N. W. Evans. p. 371.
  3. ^ Knox, Thomas Wallace (1892). The Republican Party and Its Leaders: A History of the Party from Its Beginning to the Present Time. P. F. Collier. p. 372.

38°37′23″N 82°48′33″W / 38.62306°N 82.80917°W / 38.62306; -82.80917


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