Hammondsville, Ohio | |
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 Hammondsville Post Office on
Ohio State Route 213 | |
 Location of Hammondsville in the state of Ohio | |
| Coordinates: 40°33′27″N 80°42′25″W / 40.55750°N 80.70694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Jefferson |
| Townships | Saline |
| Elevation | 689 ft (210 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 43930
[2] |
| Area code | 740 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1064786 [1] |
Hammondsville is an unincorporated community in central Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. It lies along Ohio State Route 213.
History
Hammondsville was laid out in 1852 and named for Charles Hammond, the original owner of the town site. [3] A post office has been in operation at Hammondsville since 1852. [4] Hammondsville was originally a mining community and the Hammondsville Mining and Coal Company operated there. [5]
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 [1] (Grades 9-12).
Notable people
- Bevo Francis, basketball player, one of the most prolific scorers in college basketball history
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hammondsville, Ohio
- ^ Zip Code Lookup
- ^ Doyle, Joseph Beatty (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. pp. 466.
- ^ "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- ^ 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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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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