Somerdale, Ohio

Somerdale is an unincorporated community in northeastern Fairfield Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44678.[1] It lies along State Route 212, Conotton Creek and the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway east of Zoar.

Location of Somerdale, Ohio
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]

References

  1. Zip Code Lookup
  2. "Tuscarawas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  3. Industrial Commission of Ohio. Dept. of Inspection. Division of Mines (1907). Annual Mine Report. p. 195.
  4. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 128.

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