Pottersburg is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Allen Township

Allen Township, Union County, Ohio

Allen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,518 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Liberty Township - north...

, Union County

Union County, Ohio

Union County is a county located in the US state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 52,300. Increasingly becoming more of a suburban county, the population was estimated at 47,234 in 2007 by the U.S. Census Bureau...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. It is located at 40°15′58"N 83°30′03"W, along U.S. Route 33

U.S. Route 33

U.S. Route 33 is a United States federal highway that runs northwest-southeast for 709 miles from northern Indiana to Richmond, Virginia, passing through Ohio and West Virginia en route. Although most odd-numbered U.S...

 between Marysville

Marysville, Ohio

Marysville is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Ohio, United States. The population was 15,942 at the 2000 census, and the Census Bureau estimated that it had risen to 17,621 by 2006.Marysville's longtime slogan is "Where the Grass is Greener"...

 and Bellefountaine

Bellefontaine, Ohio

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, about 4 miles west of Marysville.

Pottersburg was laid out along the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad

Atlantic and Great Western Railroad

The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad began as three separate railroads: the Erie and New York City Railroad based in Jamestown, New York; the Meadville Railroad based in Meadville, Pennsylvania ; and the Franklin and Warren Railroad based in Franklin Mills, Ohio...

 in 1868. That same year, a sawmill

Sawmill

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 was built. The Pottersburg Post Office was originally established as the Pottersburgh Post Office on June 29, 1869. In 1872, the railway company

Railway company

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built a railroad depot and a telegraph office. As of 1877, the community contained two stores, one warehouse, one telegraph office, and the district school-house. The post office name was changed to Pottersburg Post Office on June 1, 1894, and later discontinued on October 30, 1926. The mail service is delivered through the Marysville branch.