Hammondsville, Ohio

Hammondsville, Ohio
Hammondsville, Ohio
Unincorporated community
	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
Area code	740
GNIS feature ID	1064786

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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[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hammondsville, Ohio

[2] Zip Code Lookup

[3] Doyle, Joseph Beatty (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. pp. 466.

[4] "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 2, 2016.

[5] 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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