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Wattsville, Ohio
image:Wattsville Ohio signs.JPG, 250px, Signs on Route 524 Wattsville is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Fox Township, Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The community is part of the Canton, Ohio, Canton–Massillon, Ohio, Massillon Canton-Massillon metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is serviced by the Carrollton, Ohio, post office, ZIP code 44615. It is located on the Upper North Fork of Yellow Creek, Ohio State Route 524, State Route 524, and the Ohi-Rail Corporation (OHIC) railroad. History Wattsville was platted March 28, 1838, by David Watt in the southwest quarter of section 36 of township 13 of range 4. Education Students attend the Carrollton Exempted Village School District. References Unincorporated communities in Carroll County, Ohio Unincorporated communities in Ohio {{CarrollCountyOH-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wattsville Ohio Signs
Wattsville is a small village in the Sirhowy River, Sirhowy Valley, eight miles north west of Newport, Wales, Newport, built in the 20th century for accommodation for mine workers. Amenities Modern Wattsville consists of two villages, Wattsville and Brynawel. It consists of one main street (Islwyn road) with another hugging the valley below. Wattsville is the base for the Sirhowy valley country park, starting at the tourist centre in Full Moon Cottage (the site of a 19th-century village of Full moon), a site for hillwalking and mountain biking on the old railway trackbed. History Further up the valley at Cwmfelinfach is the old site of Nine Mile Point Colliery. This was the site of the first ever 'sit in' of miners. At Wattsville the New Risca Mine, opened 1878 and was 855 feet deep. It was located on the eastern edge of Wattsville and was the first colliery in South Wales to have electric lighting at the pithead and underground in 1892. The bassist and lyricist of Manic Stree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as the military). There are many unincorporated communities and areas in the United States and Canada, but many countries do not use the concept of an unincorporated area. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Township, Carroll County, Ohio
Fox Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 977. Geography Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Franklin Township, Columbiana County - northeast * Washington Township, Columbiana County - east * Brush Creek Township, Jefferson County - southeast * Springfield Township, Jefferson County - south * Lee Township - southwest * Washington Township - west * East Township - northwest No municipalities are located in Fox Township, although the unincorporated community of Mechanicstown lies in the township's northwest Name and history It is the only Fox Township statewide. Fox Township, which is all of township 13, range 4 of the Old Seven Ranges, was taken from Columbiana County by the Ohio legislature in 1832–33. On July 26, 1863 Major General John H. Morgan, C.S.A. of Morgan's Raiders and General James Shackleford U.S.A. fought the northernmost engage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features, encompassing the United States and its territories; the Compact of Free Association, associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica. It is a type of gazetteer. It was developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names. Data were collected in two phases. Although a third phase was considered, which would have handled name changes where local usages differed from maps, it was never begun. The database is part of a system that includes topographic map names and bibliographic references. The names of books and historic maps that confirm the feature or place name are cited. Variant names, alternatives to official federal names for a feature, are also recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton, Ohio
Canton () is a city in Stark County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Ohio, eighth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 70,872 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Canton–Massillon metropolitan area, which includes all of Stark and Carroll County, Ohio, Carroll counties, had 401,574 residents. Canton is located approximately south of Cleveland and south of Akron, Ohio, Akron in Northeast Ohio on the edge of Ohio's Amish Country. Founded in 1805 alongside the Nimishillen Creek, Canton became a center of heavy industry because of its numerous railroad lines. As shifts in the manufacturing industry led to the relocation or layoff, downsizing of many factories and workers during the late 20th century, the city's industry diversified into tertiary sector of industry, the service economy, including retailing, education, finance and Health care in the United States, healthcare. Canton is best known as the home of the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massillon, Ohio
Massillon is a city in western Stark County, Ohio, United States, along the Tuscarawas River. The population was 32,146 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Massillon is a principal city of the Canton–Massillon metropolitan area, which includes all of Stark and Carroll County, Ohio, Carroll counties and had a population of 401,574 in 2020. Massillon is located approximately west of Canton, Ohio, Canton, south of Akron, and south of Cleveland. History 19th century The original settlement of Kendal, Ohio, Kendal was founded in 1812 by Thomas Rotch, a Religious Society of Friends, Quaker originally of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut. James Duncan of New Hampshire first settled in Kendal before recording the plot for Massillon on December 6, 1826. Duncan, known as the city's founder, named the town after Jean-Baptiste Massillon, a French people, French Catholic bishop, at the request of his wife. The town plat was established along the east bank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrollton, Ohio
Carrollton is a village in Carroll County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 3,087 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Canton–Massillon metropolitan area. History The village was established as "Centreville" on October 4, 1815, by Peter Bohart, owing to its location at the crossroads of the routes between Steubenville to Canton and New Lisbon to New Philadelphia. After the village became the county seat of the newly formed Carroll County, the name was changed on February 24, 1834. The village derives its name from Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. Many of the Fighting McCooks of Civil War fame lived in Carrollton. The Daniel McCook House is listed as a National Historic Place. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Carrollton is at the junction of State Routes 39 and 43. State Routes 9 and 332 also pass through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio State Route 524
State Route 524 (SR 524) is a state highway in eastern Ohio. The north–south route runs from the village of Bergholz at SR 164 to the unincorporated community of Mechanicstown at SR 39. Route description SR 524 begins at an intersection with SR 164 in the northernmost section of Bergholz, a village in northwestern Jefferson County. For most of the route's length, it parallels the Upper North Fork of Yellow Creek, an Ohi-Rail Corporation rail line, and a 345-kilovolt power line. From the southern terminus, the route heads north-northwest through a valley formed by the creek. Through Jefferson County, it passes through Bergholz and Springfield Township. After entering Carroll County, it briefly clips Lee Township and enters Fox Township. While still closely following the creek and railroad, the route passes through the community of Wattsville. As the route nears Mechanicstown, SR 524 curves to the north and separates from the creek and railroad. At Mechanicstown, the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohi-Rail Corporation
Ohi-Rail Corporation was a short line railroad that ran from Minerva, Ohio to Hopedale, Ohio, United States, with the reporting mark "OHIC". Interchanges were with Columbus and Ohio River Railroad, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway. In March 2020, operations were taken over by Genesee & Wyoming's Mahoning Valley Railway. History Ohi-Rail Corporation traces its roots back to the predecessors of the New York Central System, who built the railroad to tap into the vast coal resources found in southeastern Ohio. The 34-mile line stretches south from the City of Minerva through the counties of Carroll, Harrison and Jefferson to Hopedale in southeastern Ohio. Along with the 3.8-mile Wolf Run Branch, this railroad, commonly known as the "Piney Fork Line," cut a path through this coal-rich region of Ohio. The rail line thrived by transporting coal well into the late 1960s. With the last two mines ceasing regular operations in the late 1970s, Penn Central m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrollton Exempted Village School District
Carrollton Exempted Village Schools is a school district located in Carroll County, Ohio, Carroll County, Ohio, United States. Carrollton High School (Carrollton, Ohio), Carrollton High School, the only high school for the district, is located in Carrollton, Ohio, Carrollton. Schools *Carrollton Elementary, Carrollton, Ohio *Carrollton High School (Carrollton, Ohio), Carrollton High School, Carrollton, Ohio Former schools *Bell-Herron Middle School (closed in 2019, demolished) *Augusta Elementary, Augusta, Ohio, Augusta (closed in 2019, demolished) *Dellroy Elementary, Dellroy, Ohio, Dellroy (closed in 2019, demolished) *Harlem Springs Elementary, Lee Township, Carroll County, Ohio, Harlem Springs (closed in 2008) *Kilgore Elementary, Loudon Township, Carroll County, Ohio, Kilgore (built in 1891, joined the school district in 1959, closed in 2006, sold in 2008) *Willis Elementary, Mechanicstown, Ohio, Mechanicstown (closed in 2008) Current Elementary What is currently the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
