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Lock Seventeen is an unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

Lock Seventeen had its start when a lock was built on the nearby Ohio and Erie Canal in 1829. The lock was known as Lock Seventeen, hence the name. A post office called Lock Seventeen was established in 1862, and remained in operation until 1895.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lock Seventeen, Ohio
2. The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc. Warner, Beers & Company. 1884. p. 526.
3. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 124.
4. "Tuscarawas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 6, 2016.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States
County seat: New Philadelphia
Cities	Dover New Philadelphia Uhrichsville
Villages	Baltic‡ Barnhill Bolivar Dennison Gnadenhutten Midvale Mineral City Newcomerstown Parral Port Washington Roswell Stone Creek Strasburg Sugarcreek Tuscarawas Zoar
Townships	Auburn Bucks Clay Dover Fairfield Franklin Goshen Jefferson Lawrence Mill Oxford Perry Rush Salem Sandy Sugar Creek Union Warren Warwick Washington Wayne York
CDPs	Dundee Sandyville Wilkshire Hills
Unincorporated communities	Barrs Mills Bernice Blackband Columbia Eastport Gilmore Glasgow Goshen Hartwood Lock Seventeen Mount Tabor New Cumberland Newport Peoli Postboy Ragersville Rockford Somerdale Stillwater Wainwright West Chester Winfield Wolf Yorktown Zoarville
Ghost town	Three Legs Town
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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40°21′22″N 81°27′20″W / 40.35611°N 81.45556°W / 40.35611; -81.45556

• Unincorporated communities in Tuscarawas County, Ohio
• Unincorporated communities in Ohio