Ganges was originally called Trucksville, and under the latter name was platted in 1817 by William Trucks, and named for him.[2] A post office was established under the name Truxville in 1821, the name was changed to Ganges in 1836, and the post office closed in 1906.[3]
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^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ganges
^Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 50.
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ganges Post Office (historical)
ganges, ohio, ganges, unincorporated, community, richland, county, state, ohio, history, editganges, originally, called, trucksville, under, latter, name, platted, 1817, william, trucks, named, post, office, established, under, name, truxville, 1821, name, cha. Ganges is an unincorporated community in Richland County in the U S state of Ohio 1 History editGanges was originally called Trucksville and under the latter name was platted in 1817 by William Trucks and named for him 2 A post office was established under the name Truxville in 1821 the name was changed to Ganges in 1836 and the post office closed in 1906 3 References edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Ganges Overman William Daniel 1958 Ohio Town Names Akron OH Atlantic Press p 50 U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Ganges Post Office historical 40 54 22 N 82 33 41 W 40 90611 N 82 56139 W 40 90611 82 56139 nbsp This Richland County Ohio state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ganges Ohio amp oldid 1214418938, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
