Woodsdale, Ohio

Location of Woodsdale, Ohio

Woodsdale is an unincorporated community in Madison and St. Clair Townships in central Butler County, Ohio, United States, ^[1] about three miles northeast of Hamilton. It was established in 1867 by the Beckett Paper Company and was formerly a stop on the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad. ^[2] An electric generation plant of the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company is located in Woodsdale. Woodsdale is also the location of the Samuel Augspurger House & Farm and The Augspurger Schoolhouse both of which are on the National Register of Historic Places. Woodsdale was also known for the Woodsdale Island Amusement Park. ^[3]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Woodsdale
2. Bartlow, Bert Surene (1905). Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio. B. F. Bowen. p. 352.
3. "Butler County / 6-9 Woodsdale / Chrisholm | Remarkable Ohio". remarkableohio.org. Retrieved December 12, 2021.

Further reading

• Bert S. Barlow, W.H. Todhunter, Stephen D. Cone, Joseph J. Pater, and Frederick Schneider, eds. Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio. Hamilton, Ohio: B.F. Bowen, 1905.
• Butler County Engineer's Office. Butler County Official Transportation Map, 2003. Fairfield Township, Butler County, Ohio: The Office, 2003.
• A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers. Cincinnati, Ohio: Western Biographical Publishing Company, 1882.

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