Ridgeville Corners, Ohio

Ridgeville Corners is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southern Ridgeville Township, Henry County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43555.[3] The population was 435 at the 2010 census.[1]

Ridgeville Corners, Ohio
Census-designated place
Tree-lined street southwest of the post office
Location of Ridgeville Corners, Ohio
Coordinates: 41°26′16″N 84°15′27″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Henry
Township	Ridgeville
Area [1]
• Total	0.92 sq mi (2.37 km^2)
• Land	0.92 sq mi (2.37 km^2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km^2)
Elevation	735 ft (224 m)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	435
• Density	476/sq mi (183.7/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	43555
Area code(s)	419
FIPS code	39-67104[1]
GNIS feature ID	1061605[2]

History

Ridgeville Corners was laid out at an unknown date as an early trading point of Ridgeville Township.[4] The First Congregational Church in Ridgeville Corners was a stop on the Underground Railroad in the mid 1800s.[5]A post office has been in operation at Ridgeville Corners since 1841.[6]

Geography

Ridgeville Corners is located along U.S. Route 6 approximately 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Napoleon, the Henry county seat. It is 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Bryan.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km²), all of it recorded as land.[1] As its name suggests,[7] Ridgeville Corners sits on high ground, with the northwest side draining towards the Tiffin River, a south-flowing tributary of the Maumee River, and the southeast side of the community draining directly to the Maumee.

Gallery

• 
  Giffey Hall, built in 1916, now the Archbold Community Theater
• 
  One of the eponymous corners, at the intersection of U.S. Route 6 and County Road X. Site of the Ottes building, 1916, now home to the Ridgeville Corners Post Office and local businesses

References

1. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Ridgeville Corners CDP, Ohio". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ridgeville Corners, Ohio
3. Zip Code Lookup
4. Aldrich, Lewis Cass (1888). History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio. D. Mason & Company. p. 274.
5. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ohfulton/FirstCChurchUGRR.htm
6. "Henry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
7. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 118.