Greensburg is an unincorporated community in Summit County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
History
Greensburg was laid out in 1828.[1] The community was named after Gardner Green, a Connecticut Land Company agent.[2] A variant name was Inland.[3] A post office called Inland was established in 1838, and the name was changed to Greensburg in 1922.[4]
References
- ↑ Doyle, William B. (1908). Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 120.
- ↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 54.
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greensburg, Ohio
- ↑ "Summit County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
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40°55′54″N 81°27′53″W / 40.93167°N 81.46472°W
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