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

History

The community has the name of the Moore family, first settlers at the town site.[2] A post office called Mooresville was established in 1857, and discontinued in 1858.[3] The post office later was known as Halltown.[4] The Halltown post office operated from 1889 until 1902.[5]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mooresville, Ohio
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). Chillicothe and Ross County. Works Progress Administration. p. 79.
  3. ^ "Ross County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  4. ^ Bennett, Henry Holcomb (1902). The County of Ross: A History of Ross County, Ohio, from the Earliest Days. Selwyn A. Brant. p. 352.
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Halltown Post Office (historical)

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