Mount Tabor, Ohio Explained

Mount Tabor is an unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

The first settlement at Mount Tabor was made in 1830.[1] A variant name was Tabor. A post office called Tabor was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1863.[2]

Antebellum Tabor was described as "an Oberlin town", where "the people were all wonderfully devoted to the cause of free Kansas."[3] That is, they were anti-slavery.

References

40.52°N -81.3731°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc.. 1884. Warner, Beers & Company. 548.
  2. Web site: Tuscarawas County . Jim Forte Postal History . 6 January 2016.
  3. News: Old-Time Kansas Anecdotes. No. viii—Old John Brown's Son. newspapers.com. Kansas Tribune (Lawrence, Kansas). January 4, 1872. 2.

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