Somerdale, Ohio
Somerdale is an unincorporated community in northeastern Fairfield Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44678.[1] It lies along State Route 212, Conotton Creek and the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway east of Zoar.
History[]
A post office called Somerdale has been in operation since 1887.[2] Somerdale was originally a mining community and the Somerdale Coal Company operated there.[3] Peak coal production at Somerdale was around the year 1900.[4]
References[]
- ^ Zip Code Lookup
- ^ "Tuscarawas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ Industrial Commission of Ohio. Dept. of Inspection. Division of Mines (1907). Annual Mine Report. p. 195.
- ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 128.
Coordinates: 40°33′59″N 81°21′38″W / 40.56639°N 81.36056°W
Categories:
- Unincorporated communities in Ohio
- Unincorporated communities in Tuscarawas County, Ohio
- Appalachian Ohio geography stubs