Monroeville is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
History
A former variant name of Monroeville was Croxton, for founder Abraham Croxton. Monroeville was laid out in 1836. The name honors James Monroe, 5th President of the United States. A post office called Croxton was established in 1833, and remained in operation until 1895.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monroeville, Jefferson County, Ohio
- ^ a b Caldwell, John Alexander (1880). History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio: And Incidentally Historical Collections Pertaining to Border Warfare and the Early Settlement of the Adjacent Portion of the Ohio Valley. Historical Publishing Company. p. 579.
- ^ Doyle, Joseph Beatty (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. p. 535.
- ^ "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
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