Lock Seventeen is an unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
[1] Lock Seventeen had its start when a lock was built on the nearby Ohio and Erie Canal in 1829.
[2] The lock was known as Lock Seventeen, hence the name.
[3] A post office called Lock Seventeen was established in 1862, and remained in operation until 1895.
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