Editing Ney, Ohio (section)

==History==
A former variant name of Ney was Georgetown.<ref>{{GNIS|1065152}}</ref> The community was [[plat]]ted as Georgetown in 1846.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Defiance County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Etc.; Military Record; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Farm Views; Personal Reminiscences, Etc|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924006137578#page/n427/mode/2up|year=1883|publisher=Warner, Beers|page=369}}</ref> A post office called Ney has been in operation since 1850.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Defiance | title=Defiance County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=December 21, 2015}}</ref> The present name honors [[Michel Ney]], a French officer.<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=115|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=99}}</ref>