Avis is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Avis was once a station on the railroad but the site was not officially platted.[1] A former variant name of Avis was Bushong.[2] A post office called Bushong was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1903.[3] Little remains of the original community.Ohio. Two houses. Once owned by Hubert Bernard and Adelia Rechtine Buddelmeyer. Adelia Buddelmeyer ran a general store in Avis for over 40 years.[4]
References
- ↑ Kinder, George D. (1915). History of Putnam County, Ohio : its peoples, industries, and institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 119.
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Avis, Ohio
- ↑ "Putnam County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ↑ Wolfe, Don (March 5, 1982). "Cityless Putnam County almost loses village". Toledo Blade. p. 21. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
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