{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} '''Austin''' is an unincorporated community in Ross County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.<ref>{{GNIS|1064360}}</ref>
==History== A post office called Austin was in operation from 1848 until 1933.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Ross | title=Post offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=9 January 2017}}</ref> The community was named after Austin Bush, the proprietor of a local gristmill.<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|title=Chillicothe and Ross County|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015013745594;view=1up;seq=79|year=1938|publisher=Works Progress Administration|page=75}}</ref>
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{{Ross County, Ohio}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Ross County, Ohio Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio Category:1848 establishments in Ohio
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