Alvada ( ) is an
unincorporated community
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in western
Big Spring Township,
Seneca County,
Ohio
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, United States. It has a
post office
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with the
ZIP code 44802. It is located along the
concurrency of
U.S. Route 23
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U.S. Route 23 or U.S. Highway 23 (US 23) is a major north–south U.S. Highway between Jacksonville, Florida, and Mackinaw City, Michigan. It is an original 1926 route which originally reached only as far south as Portsmouth, Ohio, and has sinc ...
and
State Route 199.
History
A post office called Alvada has been in operation since 1877. By 1880, Alvada had 63 inhabitants.
Landmarks
* Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, which, until October 2023, when all structures were torn down, included a large, neo-gothic, red-brick church, a two-story school house, and a cemetery with over 470 marked graves.
[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2139182/saint-peter-catholic-cemetery]
References
Unincorporated communities in Seneca County, Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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