Flatwoods, Ohio

Flatwoods is a ghost town in Bokescreek Township, Logan County, Ohio, United States[1]

Community schoolhouse, now relocated to West Mansfield

History

The first settlement at Flatwoods was made in 1854 by Christopher Williams.[2] Flatwoods was originally built up exclusively by black people.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flatwoods (historical)
  2. History of Logan County and Ohio: Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. O.L. Baskin. 1880. p. 510.

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