Editing Alexandria, Ohio (section)

==History==
Alexandria was laid out in 1830.<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=18|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=2}}</ref> The village played a role in the [[Underground Railroad]], sheltering many escaped slaves on their way to freedom.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

In 2018, village voters defeated a ballot issue to dissolve the village and become a part of [[St. Albans Township, Licking County, Ohio|St. Albans Township]]. The vote was 92% against the dissolution.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/local/2017/12/29/alexandria-dissolution-heads-voters/987324001/|title=Alexandria dissolution heads to the voters|last=DeVito|first=Maria|newspaper=Newark Advocate|date=December 29, 2017|access-date=April 15, 2018}}<br>- {{cite news|url=https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/local/2018/05/08/voters-soundly-reject-dissolution-alexandria/592877002/|title=Voters soundly reject dissolution of Alexandria|last=DeVito|first=Maria|newspaper=Newark Advocate|date=May 8, 2018|access-date=January 4, 2019}}</ref>