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==History== Georgetown was [[plat]]ted in 1819.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_udUyAQAAMAAJ | title=The History of Brown County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc. | publisher=Higginson Book Company | year=1883 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_udUyAQAAMAAJ/page/n366 385]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-bnYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA13 | title=120 Waterfall Hikes Around Cincinnati Ohio | publisher=Lulu.com | access-date=November 27, 2013 | author=Karle, Tina | year=2010 | pages=13| isbn=9780557378647 }}</ref> The village took its name from [[Georgetown, Kentucky]].<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=66|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815083514/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=66|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 15, 2022|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=50}}</ref> A post office called Georgetown has been in operation since 1821.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=OH |title=Post offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=June 11, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013181747/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=OH |archive-date=October 13, 2015 }}</ref>
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