Mount Tabor is an unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]
History edit
The first settlement at Mount Tabor was made in 1830.[2] A variant name was Tabor.[1] A post office called Tabor was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1863.[3]
Antebellum Tabor was described as "an Oberlin town", where "the people were all wonderfully devoted to the cause of free Kansas."[4] That is, they were anti-slavery.
References edit
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Tabor, Ohio
- ^ The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc. Warner, Beers & Company. 1884. p. 548.
- ^ "Tuscarawas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ^ "Old-Time Kansas Anecdotes. No. viii—Old John Brown's Son". Kansas Tribune (Lawrence, Kansas). January 4, 1872. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
40°31′12″N 81°22′23″W / 40.52000°N 81.37306°W
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