Bethlehem, Marion County, Ohio

Bethlehem is an extinct town in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. The community was 3 miles northwest of Waldo.[1]

History

Bethlehem had its start around 1860 as a small colony of German and Irish Catholics.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bethlehem (historical)
  2. ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. pp. 13–14.
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40°29′01″N 83°07′55″W / 40.48361°N 83.13194°W / 40.48361; -83.13194


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