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Rome, also known as Stout, is a village in Green Township, Adams County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 83 at the 2020 census . History
The community was named after Rome, New York, according to local history. [1] A variant name was Rives. [2] A post office called Rives was established in 1837, and remained in operation until 1906. [3]
The Township Committee has an African-American majority for the first time in Neptune history. From left to right; Kevin McMillan, Deputy Mayor Robert Lane, Mayor Tassie York, Derel Stroud and his ...
Rome was laid out in 1827 by Lemuel Potter. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The town failed to meet Potter's expectations, as one 19th-century writer remarks "it did not bear any resemblance to ancient Rome". [ 4 ]
Statewide, other Rome Townships are located in Athens and Lawrence counties. The first houses in Rome Township were built by settlers Elijah Crosby and Abner Hall in 1805, but the first permanent settler in the township was former Connecticut resident William Crowell, who arrived in the following year.
Rome was laid out in 1836. [2] The community was named after the Italian city of Rome , the founder being interested in Ancient Roman history. [ 3 ] Rome was incorporated in 1838; the village incorporation was later dissolved at an unknown date.
Daniel R. Mitchell (died 1876), one of the founders of Rome, Daniel S. Printup (died 1887), one of the men who selected this site of the cemetery, John H. Underwood (died 1888), a United States Representative before the Civil War, a two-term superior court judge, and lawyer in Rome, Colonel Alfred Shorter (died 1882), the former owner of the ...