Junction is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in western Auglaize Township

Auglaize Township, Paulding County, Ohio

Auglaize Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,535 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

, Paulding County

Paulding County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 20,293 people, 7,773 households, and 5,689 families residing in the county. The population density was 49 people per square mile . There were 8,478 housing units at an average density of 20 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. It lies along the concurrent

Concurrency (road)

A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...

 State Routes 111

Ohio State Route 111

State Route 111 ' is an east–west state highway in northwestern Ohio. Its western terminus is at the Indiana State Line approximately southwest of Antwerp, with the roadway continuing west into Indiana being county-maintained Woodburn Road...

 and 637. The Auglaize River

Auglaize River

The Auglaize River is a tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio in the United States. It drains a primarily rural farming area in the watershed of Lake Erie. The name of the river either comes from a Shawnee phrase meaning "fallen timbers" or a French term for "frozen water."It rises in...

 flows along the eastern edge of the community. It is located midway between the village of Paulding

Paulding, Ohio

Paulding is a village in and the county seat of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. It is located predominantly in Paulding Township. The population was 3,595 at the 2000 census.-History:...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Paulding County, and the city of Defiance

Defiance, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 16,465 people, 6,572 households, and 4,422 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,562.4 people per square mile . There were 7,061 housing units at an average density of 670.0 per square mile...

, the county seat of Defiance County.

History

Junction was so-named because it was the junction between the Wabash and Erie Canal

Wabash and Erie Canal

The Wabash and Erie Canal was a shipping canal that linked the Great Lakes to the Ohio River via an artificial waterway. The canal provided traders with access from the Great Lakes all the way to the Gulf of Mexico...

 and Miami and Erie Canal

Miami and Erie Canal

The Miami and Erie Canal was a canal that connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio with Lake Erie in Toledo, Ohio. Construction on the canal began in 1825 and was completed in 1845. It consisted of 19 aqueducts, three guard locks, and 103 canal locks. Each lock measured by and they...

. It was a boom town during the 1830-40s, but quickly faded away once the railroads came to the area and Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...

grew in importance.