Hammondsville, Ohio

Hammondsville is an unincorporated community in central Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43930.[1] It lies along State Route 213. The community is part of the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bevo Francis and John "Big Dawg" Wilson were notable residents.

Location of Hammondsville, Ohio
The Post Office on Ohio State Route 213

History

Hammondsville was laid out in 1852, and named for Charles Hammond, the original owner of the town site.[2] A post office has been in operation at Hammondsville since 1852.[3] Hammondsville was originally a mining community, and the Hammondsville Mining and Coal Company operated there.[4]

Education

Hammondsville is part of the Edison Local School District. Campuses serving the community include Stanton Elementary School (Preschool-Grade 8) and Edison High School (Grades 9-12).

References
  1. Zip Code Lookup
  2. Doyle, Joseph Beatty (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. pp. 466.
  3. "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. Caldwell, John Alexander (1880). History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio: And Incidentally Historical Collections Pertaining to Border Warfare and the Early Settlement of the Adjacent Portion of the Ohio Valley. Historical Publishing Company. p. 581.

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