title: Mechanicstown, Ohio
text: # Mechanicstown, Ohio
  
  Mechanicstown is an unincorporated community in northwestern Fox Township, Carroll County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44651. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 39 and 524. The community is part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area.
  
  ## History
  
  The community was laid out in 1836 by Thomas McGavern. On March 21, 1837, the Ohio General Assembly approved a name change from "Mechanicsburgh" to "Mechanicstown."
  
  Willis Elementary, of the Carrollton Exempted Village School District and located outside of town, was closed in 2008.
  
  ## Education
  
  Students attend schools in the Carrollton Exempted Village School District.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Thomas B. Fletcher — five-term U.S. Representative
  * Wilbur S. Jackman - educator
  