Moats is an unincorporated community in Defiance County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

A post office called Moats was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1905.[2] Little remains of the original community.[3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moats, Ohio
  2. ↑ "Defiance County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ Wolfe, Don (November 22, 1977). "Northwest Ohio's ghost towns chronicled". Toledo Blade. p. 16. Retrieved December 21, 2015.

41°19′54″N 84°31′33″W / 41.33167°N 84.52583°W / 41.33167; -84.52583


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