Damascus is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
in southern
Mahoning and northern
Columbiana counties in the
U.S. state
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of
Ohio
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. As of the
2020 census, it had a population of 418. The community lies at the intersection of
U.S. Route 62
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and State Routes
173
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and
534
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.
The community is located in southwestern
Goshen Township in Mahoning County and northwestern
Butler Township in Columbiana County. Damascus has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional ser ...
, with the
ZIP code of 44619. It is part of the
Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area and the
Salem micropolitan area.
Demographics
History
Damascus was
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bea ...
ted in 1808. The community derives its name from the ancient city of
Damascus, Syria
)), is an adjective which means "spacious".
, motto =
, image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg
, image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg
, seal_type = Seal
, map_caption =
, ...
. Damascus was originally built up chiefly by
Quakers
Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belief in each human's abil ...
.
The Damascus post office opened in 1828.
References
Census-designated places in Columbiana County, Ohio
Census-designated places in Mahoning County, Ohio
1808 establishments in Ohio
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