Categories
  Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
  supported by EncyclosphereKSF

Scioto Furnace, Ohio

From Wikipedia - Reading time: 4 min

Location of Scioto Furnace, Ohio
Location of Scioto Furnace, Ohio

Scioto Furnace is an unincorporated community in western Bloom Township, Scioto County, Ohio, United States.[1] It has a post office with the ZIP code 45677.[2] It lies along State Route 140.

History

[edit]
A view of Scioto Furnace (U.S. Post Office) while traveling south on SR 140

A post office called Scioto Furnace has been in operation since 1862.[3] The community's namesake Scioto Furnace was a blast furnace which was in operation from 1828 until 1892.[4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Scioto Furnace, Ohio
  2. ^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  3. ^ "Scioto County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  4. ^ Evans, Nelson Wiley (1903). A History of Scioto County, Ohio: Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio. N. W. Evans. p. 359.

38°47′55″N 82°45′54″W / 38.79861°N 82.76500°W / 38.79861; -82.76500


Stub icon

This Scioto County, Ohio state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scioto_Furnace,_Ohio
2 views |
↧ Download as ZWI file
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF