Scotch Ridge, Ohio

Scotch Ridge, Ohio
Unincorporated community

The former Scotch Ridge United Presbyterian Church
Scotch Ridge, Ohio
Coordinates: 41°24′09.147″N 83°31′23.1312″W / 41.40254083°N 83.523092000°W / 41.40254083; -83.523092000Coordinates: 41°24′09.147″N 83°31′23.1312″W / 41.40254083°N 83.523092000°W / 41.40254083; -83.523092000
Country United States
State Ohio
County Wood
Elevation 659 ft (201 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 419 & 567

Scotch Ridge is an unincorporated community in Wood County, Ohio, United States.[1][2] It is part of Webster Township and located at the intersection of OH 199 and OH 105.

Scotch Ridge is part of the Eastwood Local School District.

A post office called Scotch Ridge was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1926.[3] The community derives its name from Scotland, the ancestral home of a large share of the first settlers.[4]

General vicinity of Scotch Ridge, Ohio 

Notes

  1. ↑ "Scotch Ridge, Ohio". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Scotch Ridge, Ohio-Ohio Hometown Locator
  3. ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 124.


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