McGonigle is an unincorporated community in northwestern Hanover Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States[1] about seven miles northwest of Hamilton at the intersection of U.S. Route 27 and State Route 130 in sections 17 and 18 of R2ET4N of the Congress Lands. It was formerly a stop on the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad's Indianapolis branch.[2] It was named for Philip McGonigle, an early settler,[3] and is spelled in various ways (McGonigle is the spelling on the official Butler County highway map).
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McGonigle
- ^ Bartlow, Bert Surene (1905). Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio. B. F. Bowen. p. 352.
- ^ "Butler County Towns and How They Obtained Their Names". The Journal News. January 27, 1923. p. 11. Retrieved August 23, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
Further reading
- Butler County Engineer's Office. Butler County Official Transportation Map, 2003. Fairfield Township, Butler County, Ohio: The Office, 2003.
- A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers. Cincinnati, Ohio: Western Biographical Publishing Company, 1882. [1]
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