Fleming is a small unincorporated community in rural eastern Barlow Township, Washington County, Ohio, United States.[1]
Located along State Route 550 between Barlow and Marietta, it is surrounded by farmland dotted with occasional trees. It lies near the Wayne National Forest. The headwaters of Wolf Creek, a stream that meets the Muskingum River at Waterford to the north, flow near Fleming.[2]
History
editFleming was laid out in 1853.[3] A post office called Fleming was established in 1866.[4]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fleming, Ohio
- ^ DeLorme, Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer, 7th ed., 2004, p. 81. ISBN 0-89933-281-1
- ^ Hathaway, Seymour J. (1902). History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 295.
- ^ "Washington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on January 18, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
39°23′30″N 81°36′38″W / 39.39167°N 81.61056°W
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