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LaBelle – Former name for Rome, in Rome Township. Ironton Register, December 12, 1895.
LaGrange Furnace – Upper Tp. – Lawrence County, Ohio, built in 1836 by HURD, GOULD & CO.
Laird – PO was est. 6 Dec. 1899 with Will Laird PM. Laird was discontinued on 21 Jan. 1901, with mail going to Culbertson.
*Lake Forest – Windsor Tp.
*Lake Vesuvius – Elizabeth Tp.
Lambert – Located in Sec. 13, 14, 15, T 4, R. 17, Lambert, named for Reuben Lambert, the original settler.
Lambert Coal Bank Hollow
Lambert Hollow
Laura – The next branch of North Fork on the west side was called Laura. The next branch on the east side of North Fork was called Laurel.
Laurel Branch – The branch on the east side of North Fork was called Laurel, because a large quantity of laurel was growing on it.
Lawco Lake
Lawrence City – Union Tp. – Now a part of the western portion of Chesapeake.
Lawrence County Fairgrounds – Ironton Register, August 19, 1875, gives a description of the “New Fairgrounds” but does not say exactly where it was at that time.
Lawrence Furnace – Elizabeth Tp. – Previously known as “Crane’s Nest.”
Lawrence Township – Lawrence Township was named for the County.
Leatherwood – Leatherwood was also named by the surveyors, there being so much large leatherwood bush on it, some of the bushes being from 26 to 30 inches in circumference at the ground. Hecla Furnace was built on Leatherwood.
*Leatherwood Creek – Fayette Tp.
Lebanon – outback of Sunrise, a small community with church and cemetery, the Moore family lived there.
*Lecta – Mason Tp. PO est. 5 Oct 1897 with Norman Massie PM. Discontinued on 11 Sept 1957 with the mail going to Scottown.
Leet Ridge
Lewis Fork – Lewis Davidson was the first settler on the north branch of Salliday Creek, and the creek was called Lewis Fork.
*Lick Creek – Perry Tp. – Lick Creek received its name from a large deer lick near the Sheridan mines.
Lincoln Park – Upper Tp. – Was located in Ironton around the first courthouse. Ironton Register, March 19, 1888 – The Council passed the ordinance granting half of Lincoln Park for Memorial Hall. Ironton Register, October 11, 1900 – Council Notes – A petition from the W. C. T. U. asking for water connections for the new fountain to be put up in the corner of Lincoln Park at Fourth and Center streets was referred to the water works trustees.
Linville – Windsor Tp. – Also spelled Lynville. Linville lies on the opposite side of Symmes Creek, near the mouth of Yellow and Dicks Creeks. The post office is Millville on the east side of Symmes. IR Aug. 12, 1897 – Linville is a prosperous little city situated in Windsor, Tp. It is noted for its beautiful streets, homes, parks, and good-looking girls.
Dr. T. J. Sloan, our physician, is kept busy with the sick. Charles Haffner, the city barber, has a large practice. Mr. Joseph Moberly is convalescing. Rev. Wickline preached an excellent sermon at the Baptist church last Saturday and Sunday. W. H. Dillon has been appointed Postmaster at this place. There will be a basket meeting at the Baptist Church on Friday and Saturday before the first Sunday in August, and the church will be dedicated on the fifth. Let everybody come out with their baskets and pocketbooks well filled. Lovejoy.
*Lisman – Elizabeth Tp.
*Little Buffalo Creek – Symmes Tp.
Little Cannon Creek
Little Etna Furnace – Lawrence County, Ohio, was torn down in 1887.
Little Guyan – Also known as North Fork and Dog Fork. See Dog Fork.
*Little Ice Creek – Lawrence and Perry Townships.
*Little Indian Guyan Creek – Mason and Windsor Townships.
Little Paddy Creek – Union Tp. – The first branch of Paddy Creek on the west side, named because it was the smaller branch of Paddy Creek. Also known as “haunted lick.”
Little Pine Creek
*Little Storms Creek – Elizabeth Tp. – The branch going north from Strums upon the Railroad runs is called Little Strums. Now known as Little Storms.
*Little Teakettle Run – Decatur Tp.
Little Texas Hollow – Pedro area.
Locust Grove
Lodge Ridge
Lombard – Upper Tp. – Ironton Register, July 9, 1891 – There is now a Lombard addition to Ironton. It is destined to be a beauty. Named after the Lombard family that resided there. [smk – I believe it was named for the straight trees that lined the street – look up the word Lombard]
Long Branch – Later known as Long Creek.
Long Branch Hollow
*Long Creek – Mason Tp. – Home of the Ebenezer Schoolhouse. Formerly called Long Branch. Above Coffee-Tea Branch and at the east side of Symmes is called Long Creek. Formerly Long Branch, from its great length to be running almost direct opposite course
to the mainstream of which it is a feeder. It is about 6 miles in a direct line from its mouth to the head of its west branch, only about three-fourths of a mile from Symmes Creek.
*Long Hollow – Decatur Tp. – See Long Branch Hollow.
Lost Creek – Lost creek was named by the surveyors who were lost on it. This creek comes west of Marion; its first large branch on the north is sometimes called the Hunts branch.
Low Gap – Between Buffalo and Solida; also in Bradrick, there is a Low Gap Cemetery at the top of Browning Road, off State Route 243.
Lunsford’s Branch – A north branch of Buckeye was called Lunsford’s Branch because of Jno. Lunsford lived near its mouth for many years and owned a large farm there.
Lynville – see Linville.
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*McCall Creek – Rome Tp.
McCarty Place – Elizabeth Tp.
McCorkle’s Branch – The east fork of Buffalo Creek was settled by Jno. McCorkle, and for him, was called McCorkle’s Branch.
McCorkle Road – Union Tp. – Auditor instructed to notify Trustees of Union Township to have McCorkle road opened. Ironton Register, June 9, 1887.
McCoy’s Branch – A branch that enters Indian Guyan a few rods above Old Maids Branch was called McCoy’s Branch, he was the first settler on it, but Wagoner lived on it afterward; it was changed to Wagoner’s branch.
McCoy Hollow – Also known as McCoy’s Branch and Wagoner’s Branch.
McDaniels Crossroad – Past Waterloo on 141 or 775.
*McKinney Creek – Windsor and Union Townships – See Coal Drain, McKinney Creek.
McKnight’s Branch – Located on the north side of Lost Creek was the McKnight branch, named for Pleasant McKnight, who had the original settlement on it.
Macedonia – Fayette Tp. – Macedonia was an African settlement two miles back of Burlington. Also known as Macedonia Hill.
Maddyville
Malone Hollow
Mamre Church – As described IR 9 Feb. 1899 – We are a regular Baptist church, organized about 25 years ago. We had a membership of about 100 when this protracted meeting started.
Mancker – In 1898, they changed the name from Mancker to Manker. est a PO 10 June 1897 – Jesse G. Darling PM. Mancker changed its name to Manker on 8 July 1898. Manker was discontinued on 31 July 1917, with mail going to Kitts Hill.
Manhattan – I doubt if, in the County of Lawrence, a more congenial society can be found than is located in the neighborhood round about the headwaters of Buffalo Creek. In the midst of this peaceful and harmonious vicinity is situated the new P. O. called Manhattan. This P. O. was established here some five months ago, and being in an intelligent and appreciative locality, it is thriving beyond all expectations. Mr. J. J. Ryan, assistant P. M. in whose store the office is kept, carries on a brisk trade in general merchandise and is a jolly, accommodating fellow. In this same store, some few weeks ago, originated Manhattan Library and Debating Society, which now holds its weekly sessions at Grant Schoolhouse. Ironton Register, February 9, 1888. The Manhattan post office was located at Ryansville. IR May 7, 1891 – From Fayette – A new P.O. is soon to be established at J. J. Ryan’s store, the original location of Manhattan. The latter post office was very unjustly removed from Mr. Ryan’s store some time ago.
Manker – In 1898, they changed the name from Mancker to Manker.
Marion – Aid Tp. – Aid Post Office was called Marion. Marion was laid out by Thos. Walton for John Stumbo and named for Gen. Marion. The first actual settlement was made in 1815, but the town of Marion was not laid out until 1840. The 1880 Census shows the population of Marion as 118.
*Markin Creek
Markin Fork
Mason Township – Mason Township was named for the Free Masons, as the old lodge was opposed to the Anti-Masons. The township was organized on August 3, 1819. First settled around 1810.
Mays – The name of the Post Office at Kitts Hill in the 1890s. J. M. Dement was the mail carrier in 1891.
Means Farm – Also see Gray Gables – Ironton Register, December 17, 1891 – The obituary of F. D. Norton states: In 1863,…. F. D. Norton moved here and was manager of the mill (Belfont Iron Works), he bought the “Means farm” at Hanging Rock and lived there two years, when he resigned his place at Belfont and returned to Wheeling. … He returned to Ironton in 1867. Ironton Register,
February 16, 1893. Sheriff’s Sale – Last Saturday, the Sheriff sold the Means’ Farm above Hanging Rock to D. H. Clark and Col. George N. Gray for $17,156, being two-thirds of the appraisement. The sale was in partition. There was no other bid. This is a valuable purchase, and the price is low. This land comprised over 300 acres of which 180 acres were bottom land extending from the river to the hills. No name has yet been selected for the new town.
*Middle Leatherwood Creek – Lawrence Tp.
Miller – Rome Tp. – Name of the Post Office. – The Daily Republic, Washington DC – 23 Feb. 1850 states that Haskellville, Lawrence County, Ohio – name changed to Miller’s. Gallipolis, Ohio Feb. 16, 1884 – Flood – A report that the village of Athalia, Ohio, is almost entirely swept away. At Millersport, Ohio, twenty or thirty houses are gone. At Proctorville, Ohio, the water is in the second story.
Miller Bottom – Named for the Millers who settled it. The original John Miller, who settled here, was a very strong federalist and was generally known as one, and the boatmen gave the creek the name “Federal Creek.”
*Miller Creek – Symmes Tp.
Miller Hill – Waterloo. George Miller lived on top of Miller Hill, and there is where the family graveyard is.
*Millersport – Rome Tp. – Millersport was named by Thos. Walton for Jacob Miller. Thos. Walton had laid out this town for Jacob Miller. See also: Millersport – a murder and a wedding 1868.
Mill Hollow – The first branch of Big Branch Creek on the west side was called Mill Hollow because Asa Rumble had built his first mill up this hollow.
Millville – Windsor Tp. – Millville was so named for the milling business was the principal business carried on there. Lies on the opposite side of Symmes Creek near the mouth of Yellow and Dicks Creeks. Millville is the Postoffice (on the east side of Symmes) for Millville and Lynville.
Monitor – Upper Tp. – Now a part of Coal Grove.
Monitor Furnace – Upper Tp. – Coal Grove, Lawrence County, Ohio, was built in 1868 by John Peters & Others. John Peters laid out the town of Petersburg, four miles above Ironton, and built Monitor Furnace at that place, the town being named for him.
Montreal – Montreal post office discontinued mail sent to South Point in 1907.
*Morris Creek
Moscow
Moulton
Mount Olive
Mount Pleasant
Mounts Branch
*Mounts Creek – Windsor Tp.
Mt. Tabor – Located near Unionville.
Mt. Vernon Furnace – Lawrence County, Ohio, and was built in 1833 by R. Hamilton, John Campbell & William Ellison
Mt. Zion
*Mud Hollow – Decatur Tp.
Music Hollow – Still in existence in 1904
Myrtle Ridge – Lawrence Tp.
Myrtle Tree– Symmes Tp.
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