Zoar is an

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in northern Hamilton Township, Warren County,

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. It is located on the

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about one mile east of

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and three miles west of

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Military Survey 1546. A large share of the first settlers of Zoar were Germans. By the 1840s, Zoar was a local commercial center. With the construction of the railroad, business activity shifted away from inland Zoar, and the town's population dwindled.

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