Ridgeville Corners, Ohio

Coordinates: 41°26′16″N 84°15′27″W / 41.43778°N 84.25750°W / 41.43778; -84.25750
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Location of Ridgeville Corners, Ohio
Location of Ridgeville Corners, Ohio
Tree-lined street southwest of the post office
Giffey Hall, built in 1916, now the Archbold Community Theater
One of the eponymous corners, at the intersection of U.S. Route 6 and County Road X. Site of the Ottes building, 1916, now home to the Ridgeville Corners Post Office and local businesses.

Ridgeville Corners is an unincorporated community in southern Ridgeville Township, Henry County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43555.[1] It is located along U.S. Route 6 approximately 7.25 mi. (11.65 km.) northwest of the county seat of Napoleon.

History

Ridgeville Corners was laid out at an unknown date as an early trading point of Ridgeville Township.[2] The community was named for a ridge near the town site.[3] A post office has been in operation at Ridgeville Corners since 1841.[4]

References

  1. ^ Zip Code Lookup
  2. ^ Aldrich, Lewis Cass (1888). History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio. D. Mason & Company. p. 274.
  3. ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 118.
  4. ^ "Henry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

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