Gilboa, Ohio
human settlement in Putnam County, Ohio, United States of America
Gilboa is a village in Blanchard Township, Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The village is named after Mount Gilboa. The population was 168 at the 2020 census. The town's most popular landmark is a 16-foot-tall fiberglass statue of a bull.
History
Gilboa was laid out in 1837. The village was incorporated in 1848. A post office was established at Gilboa in 1843, and remained in operation until 1985.
On August 6, 1852, a cholera epidemic struck Gilboa. The start of the epidemic was traced to a large damp cellar that had been used to store trash and decomposing waste. The epidemic lasted until August 21 and killed 13 Gilboa residents including one of the two doctors that had not fled.
“Gilboa, Ohio” enters the record as human settlement in Putnam County, Ohio, United States of America. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Gilboa, Ohio and human can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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