Lacarne, Ohio | |
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Unincorporated community | |
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Coordinates: 41°30′57″N 83°02′32″W / 41.51583°N 83.04222°WCoordinates: 41°30′57″N 83°02′32″W / 41.51583°N 83.04222°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
County | Ottawa |
Township | Erie |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
ZIP codes | 43439 |
Lacarne is an unincorporated community in southwestern Erie Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43439.
The community most likely bears the French surname of a pioneer settler.
During World War II, Lacarne (or La Carne) was the location of a P.O.W. camp at Camp Perry, a U.S. Army facility. Camp Perry still exists, where there is a Lake Erie beach open to the public, as well as public rifle and pistol marksmanship competitions.