Phalanx,_Ohio

Phalanx, Ohio

Phalanx, Ohio

Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.

Phalanx is an unincorporated community in Braceville Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, United States.[1][2] It is identified by signage as Phalanx Mills.[citation needed]

History

A post office at Phalanx was established in 1872, and remained in operation until 1902.[3] The community was named after the local Trumbull Phalanx Company,[4] which was a utopian community based upon Charles Fourier's theories from 1844 to 1848 and again from 1849 to 1852.[5] There were about 200 residents. The community sat on up to 2,000 acres and had farm land, a grist mill, saw mill, oil mill, clothing works, and other enterprises.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Phalanx, Ohio
  2. [2]
    "The Trumbull Phalanx". Charles Fourier's the Phalanx: Or, Journal of Social Science. Burt Franklin. 1845. p. 242.
  3. [3]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Phalanx Post Office (historical)
  4. [4]
    Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 109.
  5. [5]
    Pitzer, Donald E. (January 1997). America's Communal Utopias. Univ of North Carolina Press. pp. 461, 489. ISBN 978-0-8078-4609-4.

Further reading

  • History of the Trumbull Phalanx Established on Eagle Creek, Braceville, Trumbull County. Constitution of the Trumbull Phalanx. The Phalanx.

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