Hammondsville, Ohio
Hammondsville is an unincorporated community in central Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43930.[1] It lies along State Route 213. The community is part of the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bevo Francis and John "Big Dawg" Wilson were notable residents.
History[]
Hammondsville was laid out in 1852, and named for Charles Hammond, the original owner of the town site.[2] A post office has been in operation at Hammondsville since 1852.[3] Hammondsville was originally a mining community, and the Hammondsville Mining and Coal Company operated there.[4]
Education[]
Hammondsville is part of the Edison Local School District. Campuses serving the community include Stanton Elementary School (Preschool-Grade 8) and Edison High School [1] (Grades 9-12).
References[]
- ^ Zip Code Lookup
- ^ Doyle, Joseph Beatty (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. pp. 466.
- ^ "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Caldwell, John Alexander (1880). History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio: And Incidentally Historical Collections Pertaining to Border Warfare and the Early Settlement of the Adjacent Portion of the Ohio Valley. Historical Publishing Company. p. 581.
Coordinates: 40°33′27″N 80°42′25″W / 40.55750°N 80.70694°W
- Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Ohio
- Unincorporated communities in Ohio
- Appalachian Ohio geography stubs