Dolly Varden is an unincorporated community in Clark County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

History

Dolly Varden was platted in 1872, and most likely was named after Dolly Varden, a character in the novel Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dolly Varden, Ohio
  2. Rockel, William Mahlon (1908). 20th Century History of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 322.

39°50′33″N 83°41′33″W / 39.84250°N 83.69250°W / 39.84250; -83.69250


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