Scroggsfield, Ohio

Scroggsfield is an unincorporated community in Fox Township, Carroll County, Ohio, United States.[1] The community is part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community is served by the Carrollton, Ohio post office, ZIP code 44615.[2] It is located near the source of Strawcamp Run, a tributary to Yellow Creek.[3]

an early 19th-century church

History

Scroggsfield was named from the open-air preaching (i.e. in a field) of the Rev. E.N. Scroggs.[4]

An 1831 reference had this to say of Fox Township: "Fox, the name of a post township in the southern border of Columbiana County, about 15 miles southeast of New Lisbon, and 130 northeast of Columbus. The office is ridiculously called Scroggsfield."[5] Fox Township was taken from Columbiana County to form Carroll County.

Education

Students attend the Carrollton Exempted Village School District.[6]

References
  1. Scroggsfield Geographic Names Information System
  2. Zip Code Map
  3. Ohio Department of Natural Resources. "GAZETTEER_OF_OHIO_STREAMS" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-01-07.
  4. Eberhart, G. A. (1874). Illustrated Historical Atlas of Carroll County, Ohio: From Recent and Actual Surveys and Records. Unigraphic. p. 26.
  5. Kilbourn, John (1831). The Ohio gazetteer: or, Topographical dictionary: describing the several ... in the State of Ohio. self. p. 147.
  6. PUC Ohio map of School Districts Archived 2009-02-20 at the Wayback Machine

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