Columbia, Williams County, Ohio

Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.

Columbia is an unincorporated community in Williams County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

Columbia was founded in 1854.

The village was the terminus of the St Joseph Valley Railway from 1915 to 1918, running from Angola, Indiana. This was a failed interurban electric railroad project attempting to create a passenger service between Chicago and Toledo, but which was never electrified.

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Columbia, Williams County, Ohio
Bowersox, Charles A. (1920). A Standard History of Williams County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 382.
Hilton & Due: Electric Interurban Railways of America Sanford University Press 2000 p. 276

v t e Municipalities and communities of Williams County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Bryan
City	Bryan	Map of Ohio highlighting Williams County
Villages	Blakeslee Edgerton Edon Holiday City Montpelier Pioneer Stryker West Unity
Townships	Brady Bridgewater Center Florence Jefferson Madison Mill Creek Northwest Pulaski St. Joseph Springfield Superior
CDPs	Alvordton Kunkle Lake Seneca Nettle Lake Pulaski
Unincorporated communities	Berlin Billingstown Bridgewater Center Columbia Cooney Hamer Lock Port Melbern Mina Primrose West Jefferson Williams Center
Ghost town	West Buffalo
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