Sitka is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1]
A post office called Sitka operated between 1890 and 1916. [2] The community was named after Sitka, Alaska, where a local mother's son had drowned while serving in the U.S. Army. [3] This individual was Joseph T. Bukey, and according to a history of Washington County, Ohio published less than a decade later was serving in Alaska at the time of his accidental drowning. [4]
39°26′52″N 81°20′18″W / 39.44778°N 81.33833°W
Sitka is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1]
A post office called Sitka operated between 1890 and 1916. [2] The community was named after Sitka, Alaska, where a local mother's son had drowned while serving in the U.S. Army. [3] This individual was Joseph T. Bukey, and according to a history of Washington County, Ohio published less than a decade later was serving in Alaska at the time of his accidental drowning. [4]
39°26′52″N 81°20′18″W / 39.44778°N 81.33833°W