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Campbell’s Market is an oasis within a food desert in Ohio

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Vinton County is the least populated county in Ohio. The county’s only grocery store closed in 2013, which forced residents to drive 30 miles one-way to get the foods they needed. That changed, however, when Camppbell’s Market opened its third store in the county seat of McArthur in 2017.

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