Scotch Ridge, Ohio

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Scotch Ridge, Ohio
Unincorporated community
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The former Scotch Ridge United Presbyterian Church
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Scotch Ridge, Ohio
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Scotch Ridge, Ohio
Coordinates: 41°24′09″N83°31′23″W / 41.40250°N 83.52306°W / 41.40250; -83.52306
Country United States
State Ohio
County Wood
Elevation
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659 ft (201 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes 419 & 567
GNIS feature ID1084140 [1]

Scotch Ridge is an unincorporated community in Wood County, Ohio, United States. [1] [2] It is part of Webster Township and located at the intersection of OH 199 and OH 105.

Scotch Ridge is part of the Eastwood Local School District.

A post office called Scotch Ridge was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1926. [3] The community derives its name from Scotland, the ancestral home of a large share of the first settlers. [4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Scotch Ridge, Ohio
  2. ↑ Scotch Ridge, Ohio-Ohio Hometown Locator
  3. ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 124.
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