Peoli is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, along State Route 258.
Peoli is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, along State Route 258.
Situated between Newcomerstown and Freeport, it is made up of approximately ten houses and the Peoli Church (1870-c.1991), and the Peoli Cemetery—the final resting place of baseball legend Cy Young. Young's house still stands outside of Peoli, owned by the Amish community and is currently home to their livestock.
Peoli was originally called Newtown, and under the latter name was laid out in 1817. [1] A post office called Peoli was established in 1846, and remained in operation until 1956. [2]
Peoli lies in a rural area, the surrounding terrain consisting of many hills, ridges and valleys.
They are many farms between Peoli and Newcomerstown to the west and Birmingham to the south. There are two tin shops in the Peoli area, one on State Route 258 and one located on a county road just south of the Tuscarawas/Guernsey county line.
Peoli has a large number of Amish people. In 2008 there were two districts of Swartzentruber Amish in the Peoli - Port Washington area. [3]
Tuscarawas County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 93,263. Its county seat is New Philadelphia. Its name is a Delaware Indian word variously translated as "old town" or "open mouth". Tuscarawas County comprises the New Philadelphia–Dover, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Cleveland–Akron–Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area.
Newcomerstown is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, 85 miles (137 km) east-northeast of Columbus. In the late 1770s, this was the largest Delaware Indian village on the Tuscarawas River, with 700 residents. Chief Newcomer (Netawatwes) was the leader of the western Delawares here, and they called the village Gekelmukpechunk. Early French traders and English settlers named the village Newcomerstown after the chief. Soon after the start of the American Revolutionary War, the Delawares moved west to Coshocton, about halfway through what is now the next county.
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