Schooley is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Ross County, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
.
History
A variant name for the community was Shooleys Station. A post office called Schooleys Station 1858, the name was changed to Schooley in 1882, and the post office closed in 1906. John Schooley, the first postmaster and station agent, gave the community his name.
References
Unincorporated communities in Ross County, Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
{{RossCountyOH-geo-stub