Sugar Ridge, Ohio

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Sugar Ridge, Ohio
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Sugar Ridge, Ohio
Coordinates: 41°25′44″N83°37′21″W / 41.42889°N 83.62250°W / 41.42889; -83.62250

Sugar Ridge is an unincorporated community in Wood County, Ohio, United States. [1] It lies along Ohio State Route 25, north of Bowling Green and just west of Interstate 75.

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History

Sugar Ridge was platted in 1882. [2] A post office called Sugar Ridge was established in 1883, and remained in operation until 1954. [3]

Notable person

Bob Evans, the founder of Bob Evans Restaurants, was born at Sugar Ridge in 1918. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sugar Ridge, Ohio
  2. ↑ Leeson, Michael A. (1897). Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Early Settlement and Development. J.H. Beers & Company. p.  316.
  3. ↑ "Wood County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ Lafferty, Mike (June 22, 2007). "Bob Evans dies at 89". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved January 12, 2016.


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