Editing Adena, Ohio (section)

==History==
When the village was being established, [[Ohio General Assembly]] member John McLaughlin (1803-1816) suggested to name it after [[Adena Mansion]], then Governor [[Thomas Worthington (governor)|Thomas Worthington]]'s home and estate in [[Chillicothe, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=17|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=1}}</ref> A post office called Adena was established in 1855 with Peter Hixon as the first Postmaster, although there was no mail route yet at the time.  After a mail route was established, John Bendell was appointed as the first acting Postmaster.<ref>{{cite book|last=Caldwell|first=John Alexander|title=History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio: And Incidentally Historical Collections Pertaining to Border Warfare and the Early Settlement of the Adjacent Portion of the Ohio Valley|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofbelmont00cald|year=1880|publisher=Historical Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofbelmont00cald/page/553 553]}}</ref> The post office is still in operation.<ref>{{gnis|2796270}}</ref>