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Ankenytown is an unincorporated community in Knox County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

A post office called Ankenytown operated between 1848 and 1938. The community was named for George Ankeny, an early settler and afterward state legislator. A variant name was Squeal.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ankenytown, Ohio
2. "Knox County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
3. Graham, Albert Adams (1881). History of Knox County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio. A. A. Graham & Company. p. 425.
4. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 4.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Knox County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Mount Vernon
City	Mount Vernon
Villages	Brinkhaven Centerburg Danville Fredericktown Gambier Martinsburg Utica‡
Townships	Berlin Brown Butler Clay Clinton College Harrison Hilliar Howard Jackson Jefferson Liberty Middlebury Milford Miller Monroe Morgan Morris Pike Pleasant Union Wayne
CDPs	Apple Valley Bladensburg Howard South Mount Vernon
Unincorporated communities	Amity Ankenytown Artanna Bangs Batemantown Brandon Five Corners Green Valley Greer Hunt Jelloway Knox Lock‡ Lucerne Millwood Monroe Mills Morgan Center Mt. Liberty North Liberty Palmyra Pipesville Rich Hill Waterford Zuck
Ghost town	Rossville
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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