Scotch Ridge, Ohio

Scotch Ridge is an unincorporated community in Wood County, Ohio, United States.[1][2] It is part of Webster Township and located at the intersection of OH 199 and OH 105.

Scotch Ridge, Ohio
Unincorporated community
The former Scotch Ridge United Presbyterian Church
Scotch Ridge, Ohio
Coordinates: 41°24′09.147″N 83°31′23.1312″W
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyWood
Elevation
659 ft (201 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)419 & 567

Scotch Ridge is part of the Eastwood Local School District.

A post office called Scotch Ridge was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1926.[3] The community derives its name from Scotland, the ancestral home of a large share of the first settlers.[4]

  • General vicinity of Scotch Ridge, Ohio

Notes
  1. "Scotch Ridge, Ohio". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Scotch Ridge, Ohio-Ohio Hometown Locator
  3. "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  4. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 124.



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