Editing Marengo, Ohio (section)

==History==
Marengo was [[plat]]ted in 1873, although there had been a permanent settlement at the site since 1843 when Isaac P. Freeman erected a cottage at the site. <ref>{{cite book|last1=Baughman|first1=Abraham J.|last2=Bartlett|first2=Robert Franklin|title=History of Morrow County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests|url=https://archive.org/details/historymorrowco00bartgoog|year=1911|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historymorrowco00bartgoog/page/n416 380]}}</ref> The settlement was initially known as Freeman's Corners. A post office called Marengo was established in either 1847 or 1848.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Morrow | title=Morrow County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=December 15, 2015}}</ref> The name was reportedly chosen in honor of the 1800 [[Battle of Marengo]] by Mrs. Isaac Freeman who was an admirer of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Perrin|first1=William Henry|title=History of Morrow County and Ohio: containing a brief history of the state of Ohio...a history of Morrow County...biographical sketches, portraits of some of the early settlers and prominent men, etc.|year=1880|publisher=O.L. Baskin; Chicago|page=500}}</ref>