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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.}}{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}Pitchin is an unincorporated community in Clark County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.{{GNIS|1049086}}

History

The first permanent settlement at Pitchin was made in the 1840s when several houses and shops were built there.BOOK,weblink The History of Clark County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc., W. H. Beers and Company, 1881, 745, A sawmill was built at the site in 1854. According to tradition, the town's name is derived from an idiom, specifically "pitch in". Some say the proprietor of a mill told all job seekers to "pitch in" and help him build the mill, while others believe a merchant invited townspeople to "pitch in" and help him drink a keg of beer at his new store.BOOK, Rockel, William Mahlon, 20th Century History of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens,weblink 1908, Biographical Publishing Company, 342, A post office called Pitchin was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1903.WEB,weblink Clark County, Jim Forte Postal History, 12 January 2016,

References

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