Brush Ridge, Ohio

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Brush Ridge, Ohio
Unincorporated community
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Brush Ridge
Coordinates: 40°41′15″N83°09′13″W / 40.68750°N 83.15361°W / 40.68750; -83.15361
Country United States
State Ohio
Counties Marion
Township Grand Prairie
Elevation
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951 ft (290 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
43302 (Marion)
Area code 740
GNIS feature ID1056734 [1]

Brush Ridge is an unincorporated community in Grand Prairie Township, Marion County, Ohio, United States. Brush Ridge is served by Ridgedale Local School District.

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History

Brush Ridge was one of the first communities in Marion County, and at one time the largest community in Grand Prairie Township, [2] the Free-Will Baptist Church (now Grand Prairie Baptist Church) was built here in 1867. [3] In 1900, the "Brush Ridge Horse Protecting Company of Marion and Wyandot Counties" was established here. [4] In 1907, when the community was suddenly overrun by rats, a rather famous six-week-long rat hunt was held, with a total of 6,600 rats having been killed. [5]

Geography

Brush Ridge is located north of Marion and east of Morral at the interchange of U.S. Route 23 and Ohio State Routes 231 and 423. [6]

The Little Sandusky River begins near Brush Ridge. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brush Ridge, Ohio
  2. ↑ Koblentz, Stuart J., Marion County , Arcadia Publishing, 2007, P. 27.
  3. ↑ Leggett, Conaway & Co., The History of Marion County, Ohio... , Culver, Page, Hoyne, & Co. Printers, Chicago, 1883, Pg. 771.
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Secretary of State, to the Governor of the State of Ohio for the Year 1900 , Ohio Secretary of State, 1900, P. 464
  5. ↑ Koch, Felix J., Modern Pied Pipers of Hamelin, American Thresherman, Volume 10, 1907, Pg. 28.
  6. ↑ Rand McNally, The Road Atlas '06, Chicago, 2006, p.78
  7. ↑ Maccracken, Jim, Wyandot County Ohio Fishing & Floating Guide Book: Complete fishing and floating information for Wyandot County Ohio , Recreational Guides, Jul 1, 2017.
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