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Germano, Ohio

human settlement in Ohio, United States of America

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ5551973 ↗
Source-derived summary

Germano is an unincorporated community in German Township, Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The community is served by the post office at Jewett, ZIP code 43986. It is located near the source of Jefferson Creek, a tributary of Conotton Creek. Germano is located on State Routes 9 and 646.

Germano was laid out in 1815.

Education

Students attend the Harrison Hills City School District.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Germano, Ohio” as human settlement in Ohio, United States of America. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Germano, Ohio and human.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1815—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Germano, Ohio and human providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Germano, Ohio”, the useful work is to connect “human settlement in Ohio, United States of America” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5551973. Authority coordinates are 40.408, -80.947. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1815.

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This entry incorporates text from “Germano, Ohio” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.