Broadway, Ohio
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Broadway is an
unincorporated community 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 th ...
in western Taylor Township, Union County,
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,
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. It has a
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with the ZIP code 43007.USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
It lies along State Route 347 between
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and Magnetic Springs. Broadway was one of the last communities to be organized in Union County. It was laid out along the
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad began as three separate railroads: the Erie and New York City Railroad based in Jamestown, New York; the Meadville Railroad based in Meadville, Pennsylvania (renamed A&GW in April 1858); and the Franklin ...
, surrounded by giant forests which supplied the community with a great source of revenue.A.S. Mowry, C.E.,
Atlas of Union County, Ohio
', Harris, Sutton & Hare, Philadelphia, 1877, Pg. 20.
As of 1877, the community contained a spoke and hub factory, four dry goods and grocery stores, two drug stores, one grain warehouse, two blacksmith shops, one boot and shoe shop, a school-house, and a meeting house.


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Unincorporated communities in Union County, Ohio Unincorporated communities in Ohio {{UnionCountyOH-geo-stub