Elmira, Ohio

History

A post office was established at Elmira in 1839,[2][3] and about eleven years later was moved to Burlington where the office apparently retained the name Elmira.[4]

Elmira is a trailhead for the Wabash Cannonball Trail, a rail trail conversion of the defunct Wabash Railroad.[5][6] A 210-foot railroad bridge spans the Tiffin River on the trail just west of the community.[7][8]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elmira, Ohio
  2. Aldrich, Lewis Cass (1888). History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio. D. Mason & Company. p. 514.
  3. "Fulton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 15 September 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. Reighard, Frank H. (1920). A Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio (Volume 1). Lewis Publishing Company. p. 291.
  5. "Mileage Chart" (PDF). WabashCannonballTrail.Org. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  6. "Wabash Cannonball Trail (North Fork)". Google Maps. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  7. "Trails, Festivals and Rails: Bicycling Through Ohio". Ohio.org. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  8. "Tiffin 210". GeoCaching.com. Retrieved 2 April 2016.


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