Flint, Ohio
Unincorporated community
Flint is located in Ohio
Flint
Flint
Location within the state of Ohio
Flint is located in the United States
Flint
Flint
Flint (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°7′38″N 83°0′21″W / 40.12722°N 83.00583°W / 40.12722; -83.00583
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyFranklin
TownshipSharon
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1040526[1]

Flint is an unincorporated community in Sharon Township, Franklin County, Ohio, United States, located north of downtown Columbus near the intersection of Flint and Park Roads.[2] It was served by stations on the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad (New York Central system) and Sandusky and Columbus Short Line Railway (Pennsylvania system),[3] which opened through the area in 1851[4] and 1893,[5] respectively. President Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train passed thru Flint-Worthington, en route to the Statehouse, on April 29, 1865.

Notable residents

References

  1. ↑ "Flint, Ohio". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed October 2008 via ACME Mapper
  3. ↑ Railroad map of Ohio published by the state, prepared under the direction of commissioner of railroads and telegraphs, 1898
  4. ↑ Interstate Commerce Commission, 28 Val. Rep. 90 (1929), Valuation Docket No. 264: The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company and its Leased Lines
  5. ↑ Interstate Commerce Commission, 23 Val. Rep. 365 (1929), Valuation Docket No. 386: Pennsylvania Company and its Leased Lines


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