Mount Orab
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Location in Ohio
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Brown County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 2 ′ N , 83 ° 56 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,307 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 235.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 9.8 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) of which 9.8 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 287 m | ||
| Postal code : | 45154 | ||
| Area code : | +1 937 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-52906 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1065073 | ||
| Website : | www.mtoraboh.us | ||
| Mayor : | Bruce Lunsford | ||
Mount Orab is a village in Brown County , Ohio , United States .
location
It is about 12 miles north of Georgetown , the county seat of administration. It is the largest settlement in the Green Township by population . At the 2000 census, the population was 2307.
The name is derived from [Mount] Horeb , the mountain on which Moses received the Ten Commandments according to the Bible .
history
Daniel Keethler laid the foundation stone for the village on September 3, 1850. The small village initially grew very slowly. That only changed when the Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad reached the village on April 19, 1877 .
In 1970 Pastor Caroll Jay is said to have hypnotized his wife Dolores into speaking xenoglossal German. This became known as the Dolores Jay case .
gallery
Aerial view of Mount Orab
Map of Brown Country
