Junior Furnace, Ohio Explained

Junior Furnace is an unincorporated community in Scioto County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

The community's namesake Junior Furnace was a blast furnace built in 1828; the name was prefixed "Junior" because the property was two years younger than nearby Franklin Furnace.^[1]

Notable person

Thomas H. Carter, a United States Senator from Montana, was born at Junior Furnace in 1854.^[2]

References

38.6231°N -82.8092°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Evans, Nelson Wiley. A History of Scioto County, Ohio: Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio. 1903. N. W. Evans. 371.
2. Book: Knox, Thomas Wallace. The Republican Party and Its Leaders: A History of the Party from Its Beginning to the Present Time. 1892. P. F. Collier. 372.