Mechanicstown is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in northwestern Fox Township

Fox Township, Carroll County, Ohio

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, Carroll County

Carroll County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office

Post office

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, with the ZIP code

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 of 44651. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 39

Ohio State Route 39

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 and 524. The community is part of the Canton

Canton, Ohio

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–Massillon

Massillon, Ohio

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 Metropolitan Statistical Area

Canton-Massillon metropolitan area

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.

History

The community was laid out in 1836 by Thomas McGavern. On March 21, 1837, the Ohio General Assembly

Ohio General Assembly

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 approved a name change from “Mechanicsburgh” to “Mechanicstown”.

Notable residents

• Thomas B. Fletcher
  Thomas B. Fletcher
  thumb|right|250pxThomas Brooks Fletcher was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Mechanicstown, Ohio, Fletcher attended the public schools, a private school at Augusta, Ohio, and the Richard School of Dramatic Art in Cleveland.He graduated from Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, in 1900.He...
  
   — five-term U.S. Representative
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• Wilbur S. Jackman
  Wilbur S. Jackman
  Wilbur Samuel Jackman was an American educator and one of the originators of the nature study movement. Shortly after he was born in Mechanicstown, Ohio, his family moved to California, Pennsylvania where he spent his boyhood growing up on a farm...
  
  - educator