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Sitka is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

A post office called Sitka operated between 1890 and 1916. The community was named after Sitka, Alaska, where a local mother's son had drowned while serving in the U.S. Army. This individual was Joseph T. Bukey, and according to a history of Washington County, Ohio published less than a decade later was serving in Alaska at the time of his accidental drowning.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sitka, Ohio
2. "Washington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
3. Hill, Ashley (June 11, 2011). "Perspectives: Stories about unusual place names abound". Marietta Times. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
4. n.a. History of Washington County, Ohio with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches (H.Z. Williams & Bros., 1881), p. 142.

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