Columbia, Williams County, Ohio

Columbia is an unincorporated community in Williams County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.^[1]

History

Columbia was founded in 1854.^[2]

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.^[3]

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

41°37′59″N 84°47′19″W / 41.63306°N 84.78861°W / 41.63306; -84.78861

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Columbia, Williams County, Ohio

[2] 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.

[3] Hilton & Due: Electric Interurban Railways of America Sanford University Press 2000 p. 276

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