Somerdale, Ohio
Somerdale is an unincorporated community in northeastern Fairfield Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44678.[1] It lies along State Route 212, Conotton Creek and the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway east of Zoar.
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Location of Somerdale, Ohio
History
A post office called Somerdale has been in operation since 1887.[2] Somerdale was originally a mining community and the Somerdale Coal Company operated there.[3] Peak coal production at Somerdale was around the year 1900.[4]
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References
- Zip Code Lookup
- "Tuscarawas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- Industrial Commission of Ohio. Dept. of Inspection. Division of Mines (1907). Annual Mine Report. p. 195.
- Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 128.
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