River Styx, Ohio

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River Styx, Ohio
Unincorporated community
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River Styx, Ohio
Coordinates: 41°03′25″N81°47′59″W / 41.05694°N 81.79972°W / 41.05694; -81.79972
Country United States
State Ohio
County Medina
Elevation
[1]
1,020 ft (310 m)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total39
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 234 & 330
GNIS feature ID1071119 [1]

River Styx is an unincorporated community in Medina County, Ohio, United States. River Styx is located 4.5 miles from Wadsworth and 6.5 miles from Medina.

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A post office called River Styx was established in 1828, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905. [2] The community and the nearby Styx River derive their names from the Styx, a river in Greek mythology. [3] The gloomy character of a nearby swamp caused the name to be selected. [4] River Styx has been noted for its unusual place name. [5]

There is a cemetery that was established as a pioneer homestead graveyard in 1821. [6]

Notable person

Notes

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: River Styx, Ohio
  2. ↑ "Medina County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ History of Medina County and Ohio: Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Baskin & Battey. 1881. p.  420.
  4. ↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 119.
  5. ↑ Petras, Kathryn; Petras, Ross (December 18, 2007). Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity. Random House Publishing Group. p. 246. ISBN   978-0-307-41761-9.
  6. ↑ River Styx Cemetery
  7. ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1948, Biographical Sketch of Marvin Rosenberry, pg. 12


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