Hamburg, Fairfield County, Ohio

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

History

Hamburg was laid out around 1812 on the Zane's Trace.^[2] The community was named after the German city of Hamburg.^[3] A post office called Hamburg was established in 1859, and remained in operation until 1905.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hamburg, Fairfield County, Ohio
↑ Miller, Charles Christian (1912). History of Fairfield County, Ohio, and representative citizens. Chicago, Richmond-Arnold Pub. Co. p. 142.
↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 50.
↑ "Fairfield County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Lancaster

Cities	Canal Winchester‡ Columbus‡ Lancaster Pickerington‡ Reynoldsburg‡

Villages	Amanda Baltimore Bremen Buckeye Lake‡ Carroll Lithopolis‡ Millersport Pleasantville Rushville Stoutsville Sugar Grove Tarlton‡ Thurston West Rushville

Townships	Amanda Berne Bloom Clearcreek Greenfield Hocking Liberty Madison Pleasant Richland Rush Creek Violet Walnut

CDPs	Fairfield Beach Hide-A-Way Hills‡

Unincorporated communities	Cedar Hill Colfax Delmont Dumontville Geneva Greencastle Hamburg Havensport Hooker Lockville New Salem New Strasburg North Berne Royalton

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 39°39′16″N 82°39′39″W / 39.65444°N 82.66083°W / 39.65444; -82.66083

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