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Moonville
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The train tracks that once ran through Moonville are gone, replaced with this trail. (Erin Gottsacker / The Ohio Newsroom)
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At its peak, about 100 residents called Moonville home. But aside from this tunnel and a nearby cemetery, very little remains of the railroad town. (Erin Gottsacker / The Ohio Newsroom)
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A stream flows near the Moonville Tunnel Rail Trail. (Erin Gottsacker / The Ohio Newsroom )
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