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Black Horse, Ohio

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The tavern operated until 1894, when township residents voted to outlaw taverns and saloons, and around 1900, the building burned down. A new Black Horse Tavern was built on the south side of the road, a building that stood until 2014. The area was nearly renamed "Five Corners" in 1915, in reference
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as it was located at a fork in the trail. The tavern was built by David Greer, an early settler of Ravenna, sometime after his arrival in 1810. He operated it until 1834, when he sold it to a man named Backus, who is responsible to giving the tavern its name. The Black Horse name is believed to
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to the intersection of modern-day State Route 59, Brady Lake Road, Wall Street, and Hoover Road, which was then the northern end of Lakewood Road. The change was opposed by several residents and the
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originate from one of two taverns of the same name in Massachusetts, either in
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Black Horse, Ohio
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at its intersection with Brady Lake Road, just west of the city limits of
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Unincorporated area
Black Horse, Ohio is located in Ohio
Black Horse, Ohio is located in the United States
41°09′32″N 81°16′23″W / 41.15889°N 81.27306°W / 41.15889; -81.27306
United States
State
Ohio
County
Portage
Township
Ravenna
Named for
Time zone
UTC−5
EST
DST
UTC−4
EDT
ZIP codes
Area codes
330, 234
GNIS
Portage County, Ohio
Ravenna Township
Ohio State Route 59
Ravenna
Connecticut Western Reserve
Kent
Cuyahoga Falls
Akron

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