Dixon is an unincorporated community in Allen County, Indiana and Van Wert County, Ohio. [1]
History
Dixon was laid out around 1854. [2] A post office was established on the town's Ohio side in 1855, where it was in operation until 1958. [3]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dixon, Indiana and Ohio
- ^ Gilliland, Thaddeus Stephens (1906). History of Van Wert County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Windmill Publications. p. 185.
- ^ "Van Wert County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
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