Summerford, Ohio

Summerford, Ohio
Unincorporated community
Summerford in 2019
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Coordinates: 39°56′00″N83°29′30″W / 39.93333°N 83.49167°W / 39.93333; -83.49167
Country	United States
State	Ohio
Counties	Madison
Township	Somerford
Founded by	Joseph Christian
Elevation [1]	1,102 ft (336 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	43140 (London)
Area code	740
GNIS feature ID	1061660 [1]

Summerford is an unincorporated community in Somerford Township, Madison County, Ohio, United States. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 40 and State Route 56. ^[2]

It was named Summerford by settlers moving west that stopped there because the creek was up. They set up a settlement while waiting for the creek to drop to a safe lever and the forded the creek in the summer. Make a summer ford of the creek.

History

Former Methodist church

Summerford was laid out by Joseph Christian in 1833–4, and was originally known as Somerford. ^{[3] [4]} The Summerford Post Office was established on June 6, 1837. ^[5] As of 1875, the community contained two churches, a drug store, two grocery stores, one hotel, and two blacksmith shops, and the population was about 20. ^[3] The post office was discontinued on December 15, 1905. The mail service is now sent through the London branch. ^[5]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Summerford, Ohio
2. Rand McNally, The Road Atlas '06, Chicago, Rand McNally, 2006, 80.
3. J. A. Caldwell, Caldwell's Atlas of Madison County, Ohio , Condit, Ohio, 1875, Pg. 10.
4. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 131.
5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Summerford Post Office