Flora
Flora is an extinct town in Meigs County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: ghost town in the United States
- Also known as: “Flora, Ohio”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blackwood Covered Bridge.
Blackwood Covered Bridge
Photo: Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Blackwood Covered Bridge, over the Shade River near Athens, Ohio, was built in 1881. It is a King post truss bridge. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Blackwood Covered Bridge is situated 2 miles north of Flora.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burlingham and Darwin.
Burlingham
Hamlet
Burlingham is an unincorporated community in northern Bedford Township, Meigs County, Ohio, United States named for the area's first postmaster. Burlingham allegedly received the nickname of "Bungtown" in the late 1800s when the local women became upset with their husbands for spending too much time at the local saloon and knocked all of the bungs out of the whiskey barrels. Burlingham is situated 2½ miles west of Flora.
Darwin
Hamlet
Darwin is a small unincorporated community in central Bedford Township, Meigs County, Ohio, in the United States. It is located along U.S. Route 33 between Athens and Pomeroy, at its intersection with State Route 681. Darwin is situated 2½ miles southwest of Flora.
Pratts Fork
Hamlet
Pratts Fork is an unincorporated community in Athens County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. Pratts Fork is situated 3 miles northwest of Flora.
Flora
- Categories: ghost town and locality
- Location: Bedford Township, Meigs, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.1648° or 39° 9′ 53″ northLongitude
-81.9782° or 81° 58′ 42″ westElevation
827 feet (252 metres)Open location code
86FW527C+WPOpenStreetMap ID
node 153864619OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Flora” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “弗洛拉 (俄亥俄州)”
- Chinese: “弗洛拉”
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