Sandyville, Ohio

Sandyville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northern Sandy Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44671.[2] It lies along State Route 800 between Canton and New Philadelphia. The population was 350 at the 2020 census.

Sandyville, Ohio
CDP
Sign at five-way intersection
Sign at five-way intersection
Location of Sandyville, Ohio
Location of Sandyville, Ohio
Coordinates: 40°38′25″N 81°22′20″W
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyTuscarawas
TownshipSandy
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total350
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
44671

History

Sandyville was laid out and platted in 1815.[3] The community takes its name from nearby Sandy Creek.[4] A post office called Sandyville has been in operation since 1816.[5] The village was originally located a half-mile south next to Sandy Creek, but decided to move to its present site in the 1930s after the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District announced plans to build a series of dams in the region that would have put the town inside a flood plain. About 30 homes, the town hall, post office and several businesses were physically moved uphill to the new site between 1937 and 1938.[6]

References
  1. "Sandyville CPD, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  2. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  3. The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc. Warner, Beers & Company. 1884. p. 647.
  4. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 123.
  5. "Tuscarawas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  6. Wang, Robert (July 25, 2015). "Sandyville honors its history with bicentennial celebration". The Repository. Canton, Ohio. Retrieved May 16, 2021.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.